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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
22. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
23. The cry made by sheep.
25. A fraudulent business scheme.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt.
35. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. Not only so, but.
42. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
45. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. Type genus of the Anatidae.
48. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Late time of life.
5. Obvious and dull.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. The month following March and preceding May.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
10. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
18. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
20. Lower in esteem.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
30. A battle in which the Danes defeated the East Saxons in 991.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. Wood of a sumac.
34. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
36. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. An informal term for a father.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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