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1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
15. Fallow deer.
16. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. One thousandth of a second.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
34. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
53. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
54. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
56. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
57. A doctor's degree in education.
58. An informal term for a father.
59. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
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1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. Affected manners intended to impress others.
3. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
4. Either extremity of something that has length.
5. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
6. A large fleet.
7. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
8. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
20. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A person forced to flee from home or country.
28. The last (12th) month of the year.
30. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. In bed.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
50. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
55. A doctor's degree in optometry.
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