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1. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
8. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
11. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
17. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
18. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
30. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
34. Covered with paving material.
36. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
48. Goddess of fate.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. The cry made by sheep.
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1. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. Singing jazz.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
6. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
25. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
26. A licensed medical practitioner.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Type genus of the Amiidae.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
35. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Material used to daub walls.
40. A city in northern India.
41. A quantity of no importance.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
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