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1. Extremely pleasing.
4. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
8. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
25. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. The cry made by sheep.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. (British) Your grandmother.
46. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
48. A branch of the Tai languages.
49. The residue that remains when something is burned.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
2. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
3. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. Tag the base runner to get him out.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Taken or to be taken at random.
10. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
18. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
19. A deep bow.
20. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
27. A Russian river.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
36. A vigorous blow.
38. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
42. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
43. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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