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1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
15. An unforeseen obstacle.
16. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Before noon.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Jordan's port.
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
31. Obvious and dull.
33. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. An associate degree in applied science.
43. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
46. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
50. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
53. (informal) Roused to anger.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Crowd or pack to capacity.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. A decree that prohibits something.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
27. Unknown god.
29. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. A doctor's degree in religion.
32. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
36. An elaborate song for solo voice.
37. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
41. Inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold.
42. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
44. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
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