| ACROSS
1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
11. A sizeable hole (usually in the ground).
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
14. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
15. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
16. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
17. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
19. An expression of greeting.
20. An informal term for a father.
21. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
22. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
26. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
45. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
47. How long something has existed.
50. God of the underworld.
51. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
52. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
53. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
54. Being one more than one.
|
DOWN
1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
3. English historian noted for his constitutional history of medieval England (1825-1901).
4. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
7. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
8. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
9. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
10. A quantity of no importance.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
33. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
36. Type genus of the Gavidae.
37. Cause to be embarrassed.
40. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
43. An informal term for a father.
44. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
49. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
|
