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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
11. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
19. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
21. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. Of surpassing excellence.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
36. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
38. European shad.
40. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
41. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
42. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
44. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
46. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
47. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793).
3. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
4. Unknown god.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A state in New England.
28. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
29. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
31. United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.
32. A woman of refinement.
34. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
35. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
43. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
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