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1. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
11. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
12. An associate degree in applied science.
13. In bed.
14. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
15. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
16. A quantity of no importance.
17. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. The cry made by sheep.
33. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
39. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. South African term for `boss'.
48. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
52. The last (12th) month of the year.
53. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
54. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
55. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
3. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
4. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. Inquire about.
7. Obvious and dull.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
18. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. A French abbot.
38. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
40. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
44. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
51. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
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