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1. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
4. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
8. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
11. An accidental happening.
12. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
13. The money risked on a gamble.
14. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
15. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
16. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
17. Not only so, but.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The sign language used in the United States.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. The sound made by corvine birds.
35. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
40. A large fleet.
43. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
44. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
48. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
49. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
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1. African mahogany trees.
2. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
3. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
4. A bachelor's degree in theology.
5. An affirmative.
6. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
7. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A city in central New York.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. Used of certain religious orders who wear shoes.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A Mid-Atlantic state.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. An officer of the law.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
37. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
38. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
39. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
41. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. A young woman making her debut into society.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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