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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. An enclosed space.
7. A fraudulent business scheme.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
14. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
15. Tag the base runner to get him out.
16. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. Any of various units of capacity.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
30. Not only so, but.
32. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
34. (informal) Roused to anger.
36. The act of scanning.
38. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
42. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. Type genus of the Percidae.
46. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
48. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
52. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. A French abbot.
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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
9. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
21. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
22. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
25. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
33. An internal representation of the world.
35. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
37. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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