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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A book of the New Testament.
8. (of music or art) New and of general appeal (especially among young people).
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. An enclosed space.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A state in northwestern North America.
20. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
21. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
31. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. Late time of life.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. A light touch or stroke.
55. One thousand periods per second.
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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
6. A metallic tapping sound.
7. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
8. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
9. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
10. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Being nine more than ninety.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Call upon in supplication.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
48. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
50. An honorary degree in science.
51. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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