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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. (Roman mythology) God of love.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. An informal term for a father.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. A professional cook.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. Before noon.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
54. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. The airforce of Great Britain.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
20. 10 grams.
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. Obvious and dull.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
28. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
34. A telegram sent abroad.
35. At full speed.
37. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
40. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
41. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
43. The bill in a restaurant.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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