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1. An informal term for a father.
4. Go "ding dong", like a bell.
8. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
11. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
12. Using speech rather than writing.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
14. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
17. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
24. 16 ounces.
26. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
30. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
32. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
42. Late time of life.
43. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
48. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
51. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
52. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Fallow deer.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. An uproarious party.
5. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
6. A quantity of no importance.
7. Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
8. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
25. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
36. Jordan's port.
37. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
39. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. An endorsement.
44. An associate degree in applied science.
45. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
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