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1. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. The sixth month of the civil year.
12. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
15. An awkward stupid person.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. A light touch or stroke.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
33. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
34. Jordan's port.
38. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
39. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
43. Make amends for.
45. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
48. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. Largest known toad species.
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1. An informal term for a father.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
4. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. Extremely pleasing.
19. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
27. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Half the width of an em.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
37. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
40. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
41. A city in southeastern South Korea.
42. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
47. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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