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1. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
5. A state in north central United States.
7. Informal terms for a meal.
11. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
12. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
13. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
14. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
15. A port in southwestern Scotland.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
18. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
24. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. 16 ounces.
30. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
34. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
38. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
42. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
44. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
47. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
50. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
51. Remaining after all deductions.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Russian river.
3. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. A deity or nymph of the woods.
7. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A three-tone Chadic language.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
20. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. An associate degree in nursing.
31. A bachelor's degree in science.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. Enthusiastic approval.
35. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia.
36. Lower in esteem.
37. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
39. Not in action or at work.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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