| ACROSS
1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
8. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
13. The month following February and preceding April.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. Someone who expresses in language.
29. The capital of Croatia.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. A light touch or stroke.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
43. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
45. Set down according to a plan.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
52. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
53. The cry made by sheep.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
|
DOWN
1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
7. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
8. Go on board.
9. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
38. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. Type genus of the Ranidae.
41. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
42. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. A young woman making her debut into society.
|
