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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 river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
16. Art that is produced with the help of computer hardware and software.
17. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
18. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
20. A prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own.
21. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
22. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
23. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
25. Lacking sensitivity or the capacity for deep feeling.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
31. Having a heading or course in a certain direction.
32. One thousand periods per second.
34. Jordan's port.
36. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
37. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
39. German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910).
42. God of love and erotic desire.
46. A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole.
49. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
52. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
53. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
54. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
55. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
61. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
63. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
65. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
67. Type genus of the Anatidae.
69. A tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain.
73. The seventh month of the civil year.
77. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
78. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
81. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
82. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
83. Having the skin scraped off.
85. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
86. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
87. A festival featuring African-American culture.
88. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
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1. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
2. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
3. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
4. A proportion multiplied by 100.
5. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
6. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
8. Come into existence.
9. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
10. Loud confused noise from many sources.
11. British statesman and leader of the Labour party who instituted the welfare state in England (1883-1967).
12. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
13. The amount a salary is increased.
14. An honorary arts degree.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. Extremely pleasing.
26. A male servant (especially a footman).
28. A state in northwestern North America.
30. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
33. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food.
35. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
38. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
40. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
41. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
43. Someone whose business is advertising.
44. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
45. Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion.
47. Unknown god.
48. Possessing material wealth.
56. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
66. Conforming to truth.
68. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
71. Slightly open.
76. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
81. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
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