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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 derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women.
10. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
13. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
14. The vein in the center of a leaf.
15. Step on it.
16. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
18. Being such by origin.
20. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
22. (usually in the plural) Pants for casual wear.
23. A dyed fabric.
25. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
28. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
34. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
36. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
38. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
39. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
40. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal).
41. United States baseball player (born 1925).
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
51. Late time of life.
54. Hanging cloth used as a blind.
57. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
58. A port city in southwestern Iran.
60. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
61. The residue that remains when something is burned.
62. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
63. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
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1. A brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure.
2. Of or like a cecum.
3. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
4. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
5. (anatomy) A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ.
6. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
7. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
10. A person who shirks their work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime).
11. The Destroyer.
12. Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants.
17. A metallic tapping sound.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
26. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
27. Containing or filled with salt.
29. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
30. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
32. A beautiful and graceful girl.
33. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
35. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
37. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
43. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A genus of Ploceidae.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A written proposal or reminder.
49. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
50. Type genus of the Hylidae.
52. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
55. A small piece of cloth.
56. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. A public promotion of some product or service.
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