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1. A French abbot.
5. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. Tag the base runner to get him out.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. A light touch or stroke.
35. A port city in southwestern Iran.
40. An informal term for a father.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A kind of person.
47. A doctor's degree in education.
49. An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.
50. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
51. An informal term for a father.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
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1. A primeval personification of air and breath.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A police officer who investigates crimes.
8. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
9. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
21. A nation in northern North America.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. With rapid movements.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. With no effort to conceal.
37. In bed.
38. A quantity of no importance.
39. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
40. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
44. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
45. A state in the eastern United States.
46. A state in midwestern United States.
48. A doctor's degree in religion.
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