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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
11. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
12. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
13. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
17. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
19. God of wealth and love.
21. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
26. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
28. The capital of Croatia.
31. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
40. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
45. A genus of European owls.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
48. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. On or toward the lee.
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1. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
2. A telephone connection.
3. Report or maintain.
4. Found along western Atlantic coast.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
6. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
10. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
18. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
20. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
30. Of or in or relating to the nose.
32. Lower in esteem.
33. An oil port in southern Iraq.
34. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
37. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
38. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
39. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
41. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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