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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
11. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
15. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
38. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
45. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
48. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. A unit of pressure.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. The act of using.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A master's degree in fine arts.
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1. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
2. A telephone connection.
3. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. Obvious and dull.
5. A light touch or stroke.
6. How long something has existed.
7. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
8. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
9. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. In bed.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. A book of the New Testament.
40. Same in identity.
41. God of love and erotic desire.
42. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
43. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
47. An awkward stupid person.
50. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
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