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1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Step on it.
7. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
11. A police officer who investigates crimes.
12. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
13. Not widely known.
14. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
15. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
17. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Jordan's port.
22. A circular segment of a curve.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A quantity of no importance.
34. Lower in esteem.
37. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
40. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
42. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
48. (informal) Exceptionally good.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
53. The cry made by sheep.
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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
2. A Russian river.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
5. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
6. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
7. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
8. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
9. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
16. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. Jordan's port.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. Any plant of the genus Erica.
38. A city in northern India.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
41. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Fiddler crabs.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
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