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1. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
11. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
16. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
17. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
19. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. Squash bugs.
45. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
51. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
52. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
55. An accidental happening.
56. South African term for `boss'.
57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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1. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
2. A French abbot.
3. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
4. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
5. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
8. A Russian river.
9. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. A port city in southwestern Iran.
21. British informal term.
23. 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.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
30. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
38. Type genus of the Gavidae.
39. The bill in a restaurant.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
44. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
48. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
49. Of southern Europe.
50. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
53. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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