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1. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
4. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
13. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
14. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
18. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
22. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
25. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. The cry made by sheep.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
44. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
4. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
5. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. Divulge information or secrets.
8. A genus of Ploceidae.
9. The template for protein synthesis.
10. The act of scanning.
15. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. An honorary degree in science.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. 16 ounces.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
39. The closing section of a musical composition.
40. A large number or amount.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
43. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
45. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. A light touch or stroke.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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