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1. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
11. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
12. In bed.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
15. Avatar of Vishnu.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. Go on board.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
35. A master's degree in business.
36. The residue that remains when something is burned.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
47. Produced by a manufacturing process.
48. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
50. A primeval personification of air and breath.
51. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
52. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
7. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
20. Top part of an apron.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. An associate degree in applied science.
28. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.
34. A horse-drawn carriage in India.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
39. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
44. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
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