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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Flat tableland with steep edges.
8. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
11. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
12. Not only so, but.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
17. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A city in northern India.
24. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
26. The second largest city in Tunisia.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. The eleventh month of the civil year.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Related by blood.
47. An unforeseen obstacle.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. By bad luck.
50. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
5. The fatty flesh of eel.
6. An enclosed space.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A licensed medical practitioner.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
18. Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio.
20. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
23. The residue that remains when something is burned.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A rapid bustling commotion.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A means of serving.
34. Any of various units of capacity.
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. South African term for `boss'.
38. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
39. Largest known toad species.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
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