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1. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
4. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
16. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. Not only so, but.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
30. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
36. The cry made by sheep.
39. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
41. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
51. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
55. Black tropical American cuckoo.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
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1. Posing no difficulty.
2. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
3. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
4. Half the width of an em.
5. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A light touch or stroke.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. (North America) A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
40. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. The face of a timepiece.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
50. A person forced to flee from home or country.
53. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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