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1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. Shout loudly and without restraint.
8. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. A French abbot.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. The products of human creativity.
15. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
16. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. Jordan's port.
21. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
22. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
23. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
24. An enclosed space.
27. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
33. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
36. Legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.
37. A light touch or stroke.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
46. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
49. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
50. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
51. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
52. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. A hidden drawback.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
7. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
18. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
20. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
25. In bed.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. Before noon.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
34. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
35. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
38. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Young sheep.
41. Make amends for.
42. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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