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1. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. A federally chartered savings bank.
11. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
12. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
14. (Irish) The sea personified.
15. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
21. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Set down according to a plan.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. The eleventh month of the civil year.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A city in southern Malawi.
44. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
49. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
52. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
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1. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
2. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
3. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
4. Liveliness and energy.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
8. An embarrassing mistake.
9. Stalk of a moss capsule.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A means of serving.
38. In bed.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
44. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
48. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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