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The Last Word

Crossword Puzzle, see below for clues

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1.    at the steering wheel
2.    exciting
3.    on a bike
4.    science of getting computers to sift biology data
5.    type of white heron
6.    consumed
7.    cholesterol-rich lipoprotein
8.    Star-Spangled Banner, for example
10.  skeleton component
12.  threesome
13.  its juice can affect medicines
14.  rim
17.  deadly bacteria
18.  group of people with common interests
19.  mouse-like rodent
21.  bachelor's button
23.  body's breakdown process
24.  seeing organ
26.  pig home
28.  whichever
29.  horseshoe crab
30.  bacterial poison
33.  alphabetically, before em
38.  house entry
40.  long, long time
42.  small flap
43.  storage site for old items
44.  wild animal's resting spot
45.  it's evergreen or deciduous
46.  still, inactive
47.  region
51.  med. degree
ACROSS
2.    1,000 billion bytes
8.    you breathe it
9.    infection fighter
11.  lime's cousin
13.  protein-making instructions
15.  always
16.  gatherer bird
18.  machine for assembling data
20.  library of genes
21.  lipid
22.  back opposite
23.  basic constituent of any living organism
25.  you and me
27.  radiation-produced photo
29.  not big
31.  after nine
32.  luck
34.  results from experiments
35.  rotten-fruit lover
36.  together with
37.  body's watery circulation system
39.  like sugar
41.  right's mirror-image
44.  fat-containing molecule
48.  container
49.  similarly
50.  body's defense system
51.  average
52.  vehicle
53.  large trunked animal