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1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. Common Indian weaverbird.
8. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
11. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
13. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
14. The products of human creativity.
15. South African term for `boss'.
16. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
20. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
29. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
31. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
40. Fiddler crabs.
41. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
46. In bed.
47. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
48. An informal debt instrument.
49. A quantity of no importance.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. A hidden drawback.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
6. Not only so, but.
7. An associate degree in applied science.
8. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
9. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
10. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
18. An informal conversation.
19. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
21. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
22. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. The month following July and preceding September.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A port city in southwestern Iran.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
36. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
42. Having leadership guidance.
43. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
44. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
45. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
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