| ACROSS
1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. An enclosed space.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
16. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. The act of scanning.
26. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
48. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
49. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
51. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
52. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
53. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
|
DOWN
1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
5. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
6. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
7. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
10. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
18. A nation in northern North America.
19. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
21. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
28. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. Before noon.
36. Very dark black.
37. South African term for `boss'.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Being one more than fifty.
40. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
41. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
46. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
|
