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1. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
4. The residue that remains when something is burned.
7. In bed.
11. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
12. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
13. A quantity of no importance.
14. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
16. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
17. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. The cry made by sheep.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A light touch or stroke.
27. Very dark black.
30. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
41. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Any of various units of capacity.
52. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
53. Take in solid food.
54. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
55. A young woman making her debut into society.
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1. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
2. God of love and erotic desire.
3. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. United by being of the same opinion.
5. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
6. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
7. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
10. An informal term for a father.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
19. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
21. 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.
22. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A Russian river.
29. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Fallow deer.
42. Marked by the reception of pay.
43. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
44. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
46. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
51. 16 ounces.
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