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1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. A former French coin of low denomination.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. An accidental happening.
12. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
13. In bed.
14. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. The first month of the year.
22. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
24. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. Unable to see.
29. A radioactive transuranic element.
31. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
34. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
48. Extremely pleasing.
49. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
50. An associate degree in applied science.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
5. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
6. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
7. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
8. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
9. Bar temporarily.
10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
16. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
19. An informal conversation.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
32. A motley assortment of things.
33. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
43. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
44. A master's degree in fine arts.
45. Enlarged prostate.
46. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
47. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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