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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 cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling.
12. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
15. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
16. A skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching.
17. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
18. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
20. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A constitutional monarchy in a tiny enclave on the French Riviera.
23. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
24. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
26. Two items of the same kind.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
31. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. Characteristic of false pride.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Of surpassing excellence.
46. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
47. (British colloquialism) An excavation.
49. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
51. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
52. Having help.
54. A Hindu prince or king in India.
56. Of or relating to or near the nares.
58. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
60. 10 jiao equal 1 yuan.
62. A woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chine.
66. Type genus of the family Strombidae.
70. English poet (1880-1958).
71. Make into a total.
74. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
75. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
76. Violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements).
79. (British) Your grandmother.
80. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
81. Certainty based on past experience.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
2. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
3. Make amendments to.
4. A Protestant layman who assists the minister.
5. Beyond what is natural.
6. 1/1000 gram.
7. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. A line of approach.
10. Rate of revolution of a motor.
11. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
12. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
13. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
14. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
19. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
25. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
27. A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility.
28. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
30. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
34. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
35. Of or relating to or located near a hilum.
36. Administer an oil or ointment to.
38. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
40. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
44. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
45. God of wealth and love.
48. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
53. German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900).
55. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
57. Open to change.
59. A humorous play on words.
61. Common black European thrush.
63. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
67. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
68. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
69. (prefix) Half or partial.
72. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
73. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
78. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
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