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CLUES ACROSS
1. This heavy metal producer uses ArchestrA-based intelligent information objects for reliable communication of key production information (6,5)
10. Objective (3)
13. Violent person (5)
14. Making more sound (7)
18. No one can argue with the fact that this approach to MES is far more cost-effective than the 'big bang' approach (11)
19. Egyptian sun god (2)
20. Religious lady (3)
21. Pile (4)
22. An entity believed to have spiritual properties and revered as such (North American) (5)
24. Golf ball supporter (3)
26. Defy gravity (8)
29. Kiln for drying hops (4)
31. Retirement Annuity initially (2)
32. Consumed (3)
34. Driven out (7)
37. Illegal drug (8)
41. Soften food by soaking (8)
43. Not rich (4)
44. Post Scriptum (2)
45. End-product of combustion (3)
46. Dynamic performance management will drastically change the responsibilities of this department (10)
49. Titanium symbol (2)
51. National Party initially (2)
52. Women polish them (5)
54. Exists (2)
55. One who takes 37 across is said to be one (4)
58. Lubricant (3)
61. Highly strung (4)
62. The 14th Futuristix-Wonderware _______ will be held in Swaziland from 7 to
10 May 2006 (4,10)
64. Partially-reclaimed desert in southern Israel (5)
66. American soldier initially (2)
67. ____ the Tool Man Taylor in sitcom Home Improvement.
68. Mathematical term expressing the rate of change of one quantity in relation to another (10)
73. 1960s Citroén mark (2)
74. The id (3)
76. Two-toed sloth (2)
77. Christmas seasons (5)
79. You do not have to be one to recognise the logic of an incremental approach to MES (6,9)
CLUES DOWN
2. Not out (2)
3. To be notified initially (3)
4. Wonderware's industrial application infrastructure (9)
5. Attract (as with fish) (4)
6. Take what is not yours (5)
7. People who grow angry easily are said to have one (6)
8. Listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from boredom (5)
9. It is sold at an auction (3)
10. A letterbox has one (1,4)
11. Roman 2 (2)
12. Lake (4)
15. International Association of Travel Agents initially (4)
16. ArchestrA-certified system integrator who assisted 1 across with their project (3-3,7)
17. It is a vital asset to every part of the organisation (11)
18. Recognised as the industry's preferred HMI for 10 consecutive years by Control magazine readers as part of its annual "Readers' Choice Awards" (7)
23. Found on the udders of cows (4)
25. Freedom from problems and efforts (4)
27. Small utility vehicle (3)
28. Fortune-telling card (5)
30. Pedagogue (7)
33. You could give one to a waiter for good service (3)
35. Desert watering hole (5)
36. Desktop Computing initially (3)
38. Associated Press News initially (3)
39. Metallic money (4)
40. Overly decorated (6)
42. A very long period of time (American version) (3)
47. Preposition (4)
48. Very large person (5)
50. Welded together (5)
53. Clear-headed (5)
56. Very great or dire (7)
57. Roman Catholic initially (2)
59. Conditional word (2)
60. A division of 3000-6000 men in the Roman army (6)
63. It is used to hold metal plates together (5)
65. Therefore (4)
69. ArchestrA's Industrial Application Server initially (3)
70. Boy's name (abbr.) ( 3)
71. Thermo-Nuclear Energy initially (3)
72. __________ Wallach (actor) (3)
75. Ocean (abbr.) (2)
78. Nazi police (2)
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