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1. A man who serves as a sailor.
4. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
8. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
11. Fiddler crabs.
12. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
13. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
14. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
18. A port city in southwestern Iran.
20. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. (informal) Of the highest quality.
26. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
27. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
29. A large indefinite number.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. A proportion multiplied by 100.
35. Fallow deer.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
43. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
45. Not in good physical or mental health.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
49. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
51. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
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1. The excrement of sea birds.
2. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. Jordan's port.
8. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. A city of central China.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
21. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
28. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. A bureaucrat who levies taxes.
36. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A federally chartered savings bank.
45. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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