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1. Same in identity.
5. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
8. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
11. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
12. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
13. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
14. An associate degree in applied science.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
20. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
21. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
24. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
39. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
50. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. Lacking excess flesh.
53. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
3. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
4. The square of a body of any size of type.
5. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
6. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
27. A master's degree in business.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
34. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
35. A port city in southwestern Iran.
38. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
40. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
46. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. The money risked on a gamble.
49. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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