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1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. Largest known toad species.
12. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A master's degree in library science.
15. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
27. A light touch or stroke.
30. 1 species.
32. A radioactive transuranic element.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
44. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. An electrically charged particle.
51. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
52. In bed.
53. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
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1. Willing to face danger.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
5. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. 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).
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
33. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
43. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
45. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
46. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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