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1. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
4. Noisy talk.
7. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
11. Fiddler crabs.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. The face of a timepiece.
14. A deep bow.
16. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
17. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
21. Type genus of the Apidae.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
29. Short and fat.
32. Marked by blithe unconcern.
34. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A small but appreciable amount.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
2. The skin that covers the top of the head.
3. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
4. Not only so, but.
5. A large fleet.
6. Unknown god.
7. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
15. An associate degree in applied science.
19. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
22. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
24. (informal) Exceptionally good.
26. Two items of the same kind.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A town in north central Oklahoma.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
41. In bed.
42. An informal term for a father.
45. The cry made by sheep.
48. The square of a body of any size of type.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
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