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1. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
4. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
7. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
11. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
15. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
16. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
17. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
20. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
27. Rapid and indistinct speech.
31. An informal term for a father.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
4. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
9. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
10. A university in Connecticut.
18. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
19. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
23. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Any of various units of capacity.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
44. A resource.
45. (informal) Roused to anger.
46. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. Being one more than one.
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