| ACROSS
1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
11. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
12. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
15. The face of a timepiece.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
24. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
25. (of animals) Fully developed.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
38. Informal terms for a mother.
39. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
42. Extremely pleasing.
43. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
45. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
47. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
|
DOWN
1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
3. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
5. Most important element.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
8. The closing section of a musical composition.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
19. An informal term for a father.
21. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
23. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
27. 1 species.
28. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
31. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
32. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
34. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
35. A French abbot.
37. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
40. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
41. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
|
