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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. The basic unit of money on Malta.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A fraudulent business scheme.
16. 10 grams.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Acid gritty-textured fruit.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
24. The cry made by sheep.
29. An associate degree in applied science.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. Fiddler crabs.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
47. An accountant certified by the state.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A Russian river.
52. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
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1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. The vein in the center of a leaf.
6. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
21. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
23. A light touch or stroke.
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
31. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
35. A master's degree in fine arts.
38. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
39. An informal term for a father.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. South African term for `boss'.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
46. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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