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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
8. Extremely pleasing.
11. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
21. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The sixth day of the week.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
30. A light touch or stroke.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
35. A genus of Platalea.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. A state in New England.
42. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A large fleet.
48. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
51. A large round wicker basket (used on farms).
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
54. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
55. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner.
56. A state in northwestern North America.
57. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
58. An informal term for a father.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A drama set to music.
5. (informal) Roused to anger.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. God of love and erotic desire.
8. Droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A young woman making her debut into society.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
27. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
32. An unofficial association of people or groups.
34. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. Not having a steady rhythm.
39. Type genus of the Gavidae.
40. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. The force of workers available.
47. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
48. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
49. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
50. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
53. A radioactive transuranic element.
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