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1. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
4. A French abbot.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. 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).
12. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A light touch or stroke.
15. In bed.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
31. The cry made by sheep.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
37. The capital of Croatia.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
44. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
47. A periodic paperback publication.
50. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
54. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
6. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
7. First in order of birth.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A state of southwestern India.
20. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
22. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
25. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
27. A state in midwestern United States.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. 1/10 gram.
34. Irritate or vex.
36. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
43. Type genus of the Anatidae.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
48. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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