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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. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
7. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. Not only so, but.
14. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
15. A master's degree in business.
16. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A radioactive transuranic element.
23. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
26. (informal) Exceptionally good.
30. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
36. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
42. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
49. An associate degree in applied science.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. The month following March and preceding May.
53. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
54. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
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1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
3. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
8. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
9. Type genus of the Majidae.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
33. A town in central Belgium.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
37. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
38. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
40. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
45. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
46. Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
47. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
48. A state in midwestern United States.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
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