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1. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
5. An enclosed space.
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
12. (Babylonian) The sky god.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. City in eastern Belgium.
15. Tag the base runner to get him out.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
29. Jordan's port.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. 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.
36. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
37. The residue that remains when something is burned.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
48. Former measure of the US economy.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
53. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
55. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
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1. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
2. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
3. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
4. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
25. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. God of love and erotic desire.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
38. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
39. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
40. A quantity of no importance.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. A light touch or stroke.
46. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
47. Liquid excretory product.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
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