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1. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
8. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. A state in midwestern United States.
24. An informal term for a father.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. The handle of a weapon or tool.
48. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
49. English essayist (1775-1834).
50. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
51. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
52. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
53. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
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1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
8. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
9. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. Especially one side of a leaf.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. A flexible container with a single opening.
30. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
34. A light touch or stroke.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
39. Full of zest or vigor.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. The quantity a cask will hold.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A trivial lie.
46. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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