| ACROSS
1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
7. A master's degree in library science.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
13. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
16. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A secret store of valuables or money.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
41. A white trivalent metallic element.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
46. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
47. Related to or located at the back.
48. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
|
DOWN
1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
6. A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
7. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
8. The month following March and preceding May.
9. A Russian river.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. A flexible container with a single opening.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
25. An enclosed space.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
28. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
32. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
33. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
36. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
39. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
41. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
42. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells.
44. One thousand periods per second.
|
