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1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. A gait in which steps and hops alternate.
11. Report or maintain.
12. 1/10 gram.
13. An opening into or through something.
14. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
15. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
16. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
18. Fallow deer.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. (British) Your grandmother.
24. Unknown god.
25. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
29. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
30. Inquire about.
33. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
36. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
40. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
41. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
43. A young woman making her debut into society.
44. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. (informal) Of the highest quality.
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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. A means of serving.
3. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
4. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
5. A bachelor's degree in religion.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Wearing footgear.
8. Sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Mohammed during his life at Mecca and Medina.
9. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
10. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
17. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
21. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
22. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
24. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
28. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
31. A branch of the Tai languages.
32. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
33. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
34. One thousandth of a second.
35. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
37. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
40. A doctor's degree in optometry.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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