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1. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Inquire about.
11. An inlaid furniture decoration.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
22. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
30. An informal term for a father.
33. An associate degree in nursing.
35. Tag the base runner to get him out.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
41. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
48. A light touch or stroke.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. Humble request for help.
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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. A river in western Asia.
3. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
4. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
25. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
27. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
28. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
31. Moving quickly and lightly.
32. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
34. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
35. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Standard temperature and pressure.
43. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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