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1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. Chief port of Yemen.
8. Inquire about.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
15. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. Ground snakes.
20. Hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan.
23. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. A city in northern India.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
37. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
44. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
46. Unknown god.
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
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1. Not only so, but.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
4. A farewell remark.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
6. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
7. (British) Your grandmother.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
19. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
21. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
30. A radioactive transuranic element.
32. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
33. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
34. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
36. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
46. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
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