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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
7. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. A sudden short attack.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
16. Fallow deer.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Soft creamy white cheese.
20. The square of a body of any size of type.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
25. A master's degree in business.
28. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
30. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
45. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
50. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
55. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
56. In bed.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
5. Material used to daub walls.
6. The capital of Croatia.
7. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. Costing 10 dollars.
10. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
24. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. A European river.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Before noon.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
53. A public promotion of some product or service.
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