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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
12. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
17. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
18. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
19. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
21. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
27. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. The capital of Croatia.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. (used especially of commodities) In the natural unprocessed condition.
39. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
42. In bed.
44. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
3. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. An accountant certified by the state.
5. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
6. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
7. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
8. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. Obvious and dull.
10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
20. An informal term for a father.
23. Informal terms for a mother.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
33. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
34. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. God of death.
37. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. A boy or man.
43. A doctor's degree in religion.
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