| ACROSS
1. Common Indian weaverbird.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
12. A toilet in England.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Fallow deer.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. Jordan's port.
20. Wool of the alpaca.
23. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. A humorous anecdote or remark.
26. The cry made by sheep.
29. Being one more than one hundred.
33. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
36. A small island.
42. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
46. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
49. Tag the base runner to get him out.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
|
DOWN
1. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. God of the Underworld.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
6. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
7. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. An endorsement.
31. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. (used of opinions and actions) Far beyond the norm.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
|
