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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
12. A city in northern India.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
15. South African term for `boss'.
16. Minor or subordinate.
17. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
24. A light touch or stroke.
26. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
29. Young sheep.
32. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
33. (informal) Of the highest quality.
34. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
44. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Using speech rather than writing.
51. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
52. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. The residue that remains when something is burned.
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1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
3. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
4. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. The sixth month of the civil year.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. Being nine more than forty.
28. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
30. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
43. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
45. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
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