Across 1. Separates or cuts with a tool 8. Open vessels with handles and a spouts for pouring 13. Anagram of: mantrap 14. The woody part of plants 15. An inn 16. Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful 17. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong 18. (archaic) to 20. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol; hair ___ 21. Full of trivial conversation; anagram of: solar guru 24. The products of human creativity 25. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies 26. A mother; ______ Mouse 28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables 31. A staple food of Ireland; _____ tot 32. Relating to or containing ______ acid 34. In favor of 35. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material 36. Relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case 41. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field 42. line-____ veto 43. A flexible container with a single opening 44. Of or relating or belonging to a city; Honda _____ 46. A flowering shrub 49. An An epigrammatic Japanese verse

form of three short lines 50. Showered a mixture of rain and snow; anagram of: steeled 51. Small islands 52. Respondents who avoid giving clear direct answers Down 1. A male's name; anagram of: cigar 2. Mrs. Bush 3. A hot glowing or smouldering fragment of wood or coal left from a fire 4. Imitate 5. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere 6. Flow over or cover completely 7. One who writes in shorthand (abbreviated) 8. A commentator 9. A letter of the alphabet 10. Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style 11. Absent-minded dreaming while awake 12. An industrial plant 19. The principal organ of digestion 22. A public act of violence by an unruly mob; 80s band Quiet ____ 23. Scar where the umbilical cord was attached 27. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations 28. The largest city in Pakistan, and its former capital 29. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs 30. Treat cruelly 33. A small bed that folds up for storage or transport 34. Not a dude 37. Cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt 38. Make less active or intense 39. Less crazy 40. Used as a mild exclamation; anagram of: degas 45. Former Mr. Tina Turner 47. Simpsons: ___ Flanders 48. Two-year-old sheep

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