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1. In or of the present month.
5. A humorous anecdote or remark.
8. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
11. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. A light touch or stroke.
17. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
38. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
41. A boy or man.
42. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
43. An informal term for a father.
44. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
45. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
46. One of the common people.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. A block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling.
2. A daughter of your brother or sister.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people of Cuba.
18. A master's degree in fine arts.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. Fiddler crabs.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. A flexible container with a single opening.
27. A card game for 2 players.
29. Top part of an apron.
32. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
33. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
34. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
35. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
40. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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