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1. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
12. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
15. A three-year law degree.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. Any animal or plant material used to fertilize land especially animal excreta usually with litter material.
30. Top part of an apron.
32. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
34. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
35. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
37. Squash bugs.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
45. Related to or located at the back.
46. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
48. The content of cognition.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. Divulge information or secrets.
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1. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. City in eastern Belgium.
4. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
7. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. The closing section of a musical composition.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. An island of central Hawaii.
22. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
27. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
28. A state in New England.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
45. Before noon.
47. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
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