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1. How long something has existed.
4. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. An accidental happening.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. By bad luck.
16. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
26. Jordan's port.
28. Lower in esteem.
32. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
34. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. The cry made by sheep.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers.
48. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
51. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
52. Late time of life.
53. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. The sixth month of the civil year.
6. A genus of Ploceidae.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
27. Unknown god.
29. Before noon.
30. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A light touch or stroke.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. An informal term for a father.
40. In bed.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
43. A female domestic.
45. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
47. The bill in a restaurant.
49. A Russian river.
50. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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