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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
8. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. The basic unit of money in Romania.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A city in northern India.
23. A port city in southwestern Iran.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
28. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
29. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
31. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
43. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
44. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
45. Of southern Europe.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
47. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
4. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
5. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
6. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
7. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Clear to the mind.
10. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
20. A light touch or stroke.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Tag the base runner to get him out.
30. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
32. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.).
34. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
35. By bad luck.
36. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
37. The specified day of the month.
39. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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