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1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Fallow deer.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
12. Divulge information or secrets.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
22. A master's degree in business.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
44. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
47. Black tropical American cuckoo.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. The force of workers available.
51. A boy or man.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
53. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
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1. Offering fun and gaiety.
2. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
3. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
6. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
23. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
25. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
34. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
35. A state in New England.
38. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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