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1. How long something has existed.
4. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
12. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. The airforce of Great Britain.
25. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
28. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
31. A syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit and Hindi.
32. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. An accountant certified by the state.
35. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
39. Lower in esteem.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
47. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
49. In bed.
50. Goddess of fate.
51. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. Expel, as of gases and odors.
4. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
18. A large fleet.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A bachelor's degree in religion.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. A genus of Ploceidae.
36. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
37. Made of or resembling lace.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Informal terms for a mother.
40. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
41. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
42. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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