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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. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
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. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
15. (Welsh) A warrior god.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
32. A fraudulent business scheme.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
44. (informal) Exceptionally good.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
50. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
52. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
53. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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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. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
5. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
6. Type genus of the Clupeidae.
7. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. An informal conversation.
22. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
29. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
31. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
33. A master's degree in fine arts.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. In bed.
40. Not easy.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
46. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
49. An uproarious party.
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