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1. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
11. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
12. Type genus of the Nepidae.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
14. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
16. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
17. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
18. Humble request for help.
19. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
21. (with `in') Guardianship over.
24. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
37. A young pig.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
44. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
48. A fraudulent business scheme.
49. The sign language used in the United States.
50. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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1. Attractiveness to the opposite sex.
2. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans.
3. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
6. The month following March and preceding May.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
9. Clear to the mind.
10. Of great mass.
15. An informal term for a father.
20. A protective covering for a knife or sword.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
29. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
31. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. Extremely pleasing.
33. State in northeastern India.
35. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
36. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
38. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
39. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A bachelor's degree in science.
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