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1. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
15. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
28. French novelist.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. A Mid-Atlantic state.
34. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
36. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
37. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
52. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
53. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
54. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
55. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
56. The bill in a restaurant.
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1. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
2. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
24. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
29. The residue that remains when something is burned.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
47. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
49. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
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