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1. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. Divulge information or secrets.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
36. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
47. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
2. A bluish shade of green.
3. 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.
4. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
5. A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
6. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
27. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
28. A state in northwestern North America.
29. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. Pan with a convex bottom.
32. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
37. Again but in a new or different way.
38. South African term for `boss'.
39. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A quantity of no importance.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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