| ACROSS
1. A small island.
5. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
7. The probability of a specified outcome.
11. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
12. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
15. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
17. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. Jordan's port.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
38. (of stone especially) Not given a finished form by or as if by hewing.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
49. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
56. A master's degree in business.
|
DOWN
1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. (Irish) The sea personified.
4. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
5. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
6. Divulge information or secrets.
7. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
8. The habitation of wild animals.
9. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
16. An informal term for a father.
19. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
37. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
39. A quantity of no importance.
40. Hit hard.
41. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. Not agitated.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
52. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
|
