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1. 36th President of the United States.
4. Of southern Europe.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
14. A periodic paperback publication.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
21. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
32. Marked by blithe unconcern.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. An accountant certified by the state.
48. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
52. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
53. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
4. How long something has existed.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
7. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. Humorously vulgar.
20. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
25. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. Fiddler crabs.
28. A light touch or stroke.
29. The bill in a restaurant.
30. A soft silvery metallic element.
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
33. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
36. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
37. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. The airforce of Great Britain.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. A human limb.
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