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1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. Loose or flaccid body fat.
8. An honorary degree in science.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
13. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
14. With no effort to conceal.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
19. A port city in southwestern Iran.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
24. The cry made by sheep.
26. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
30. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
36. An enclosed space.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
42. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
43. A city in east central Texas.
46. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
47. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. A covering to disguise or conceal the face.
52. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
54. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
5. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
6. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
7. Divulge information or secrets.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
18. Extremely pleasing.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. South African term for `boss'.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
31. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
34. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
35. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
40. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
41. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A state in northwestern North America.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
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