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1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. A humorous anecdote or remark.
12. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
22. Not only so, but.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A cruel and brutal fellow.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
42. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
46. A decree that prohibits something.
47. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
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1. Highly excited.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. Advanced in years.
4. Before noon.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
7. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
19. A city in northern India.
20. African mahogany trees.
21. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
28. A port city in southwestern Iran.
30. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
31. Jordan's port.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
36. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
37. Not widely known.
39. A light touch or stroke.
40. A master's degree in business.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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