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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
27. Fallow deer.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
35. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
37. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
52. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
53. The residue that remains when something is burned.
54. The compass point that is one point east of northeast.
55. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. Not out.
5. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
6. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
7. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
22. A large fleet.
26. A resource.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
32. The square of a body of any size of type.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. Lower in esteem.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
41. A vigorous blow.
43. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
44. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
47. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
51. An associate degree in nursing.
52. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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