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1. A tight-fitting headdress.
4. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
7. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone Service).
11. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
17. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
25. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
27. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. Tag the base runner to get him out.
35. Used especially of fruits.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
41. An informal term for a father.
45. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
49. A humorous anecdote or remark.
50. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
51. A light touch or stroke.
52. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
2. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
3. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
4. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. Pan with a convex bottom.
8. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
9. A three-tone Chadic language.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
20. A radioactive transuranic element.
23. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
24. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
34. An informal term for a father.
36. Of a pale purple color.
37. Squash bugs.
40. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Largest known toad species.
43. Fallow deer.
44. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
47. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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