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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
11. A police officer who investigates crimes.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
53. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
54. A town in north central Oklahoma.
55. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. The content of cognition.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. An associate degree in nursing.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. An associate degree in applied science.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. The cry made by sheep.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. Greek mythology.
36. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
37. A genus of Indriidae.
38. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. The month following March and preceding May.
47. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
51. A state in New England.
52. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
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