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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
15. Take in solid food.
16. A large quantity of written matter.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
23. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
34. Before noon.
35. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
38. Aimlessly drifting.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
47. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A young woman making her debut into society.
50. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
51. The sign language used in the United States.
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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. How long something has existed.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
7. (Scottish) A long dagger with a straight blade.
8. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
9. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
10. Someone whose business is advertising.
18. The government of the Roman Catholic Church.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. Late time of life.
21. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
30. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
32. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
36. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
41. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. Not reflecting light.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
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