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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
17. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A state in northwestern North America.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
30. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
31. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
35. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
41. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
43. A warning against certain acts.
45. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
46. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
47. A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame.
50. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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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. An informal term for a father.
5. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A son who has the same first name as his father.
32. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
34. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
36. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
37. A genus of Pyralidae.
39. A quantity of no importance.
40. Rounded like an egg.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
49. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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