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1. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
4. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
7. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
11. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
12. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
13. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
14. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
19. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
29. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
32. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A telegram sent abroad.
41. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
44. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
46. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. The basic unit of money in Peru.
50. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light.
3. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. Having removed clothing.
6. A bachelor's degree in science.
7. A master's degree in business.
8. Coffee with the caffeine removed.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
18. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
20. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
23. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A bachelor's degree in religion.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
34. Wearing or provided with clothing.
36. A city in northern India.
38. A vigorous blow.
39. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
40. English essayist (1775-1834).
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
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