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1. (British slang) Cafe.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
12. Fiddler crabs.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A human limb.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
40. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
43. An enclosed space.
44. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
48. A French abbot.
49. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
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1. Someone who cooks food.
2. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
3. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
4. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
5. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A flexible container with a single opening.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
19. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. Of or in or relating to the nose.
33. Lower in esteem.
34. Russian country house.
36. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
37. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
41. Tag the base runner to get him out.
42. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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