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1. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
4. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
8. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
11. Characteristic of a mob.
12. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
13. (informal) Of the highest quality.
14. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
15. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. 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.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
24. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
28. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
29. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. The cry made by sheep.
32. A light touch or stroke.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. The habitation of wild animals.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
3. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
5. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. Make anew.
18. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
20. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. An informal term for a father.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
36. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. In bed.
38. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
39. An informal term for a father.
40. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
45. A decree that prohibits something.
49. A doctor's degree in optometry.
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