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1. How long something has existed.
4. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
8. An audiotape recording of sound.
11. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
12. A feeling of intense anger.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
15. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
22. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
33. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
36. Common Indian weaverbird.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
45. A boy or man.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A town in north central Oklahoma.
4. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
6. Gone by.
7. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
19. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
20. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
29. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
34. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
43. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
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