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1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
11. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
15. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
16. Concealing something under the ground.
17. Divulge information or secrets.
18. Of a pale purple color.
20. A worker who oils engines or machinery.
21. Lean and sinewy.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated.
25. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
26. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
29. A genus of Psocidae.
31. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
33. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
34. A manicurist who trims the fingernails.
36. An associate degree in nursing.
41. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
42. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
44. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
45. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
46. A state in northwestern North America.
48. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
50. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. Analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine.
53. Hindu sacred text instructing the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals.
56. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
58. Put (things or places) in order.
59. United States space station.
62. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
63. Any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline).
65. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
69. French novelist.
73. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
75. The cry made by sheep.
76. A column of light (as from a beacon).
77. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
79. A container.
80. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
81. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
82. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
3. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. Light carriage.
7. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. World's longest river (4187 miles).
9. Unable to move or resist motion.
10. "an agrarian (or agricultural) society".
11. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
12. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
13. Found along western Atlantic coast.
14. A bottomless gulf or pit.
19. South American cavy.
24. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
27. Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning.
28. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
30. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
32. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
35. Type genus of the Amiidae.
37. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
38. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
39. Complacently or inanely foolish.
40. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A rounded projection or protuberance.
49. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
52. Music composed in triple time for waltzing.
54. (zoology) Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
55. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
57. The Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh).
60. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
61. Reject with contempt.
64. On or toward the lee.
66. A French abbot.
67. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
68. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
70. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
71. The residue that remains when something is burned.
72. An accountant certified by the state.
74. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
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