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1. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
5. A structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc..
11. An informal term for a father.
15. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
16. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
17. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
18. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
19. A genus of Pyralidae.
20. Any plant of the genus Erica.
21. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
23. The month following April and preceding June.
24. Tag the base runner to get him out.
25. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
27. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
31. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
33. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
35. Illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds.
39. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
43. Worthless people.
44. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
45. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
47. Money in the form of bills or coins.
48. Not based upon or representing political parties.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. Put to use.
54. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language.
60. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
62. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
64. A large number or amount.
66. Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart.
69. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
73. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
74. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
77. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
78. A local computer network for communication between computers.
79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
81. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
82. Not divisible by two.
83. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
84. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
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1. The dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. Cause to be embarrassed.
4. Backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back.
5. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
6. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
7. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. Common gray wild goose of Europe.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
12. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A doctor's degree in religion.
28. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
29. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
30. A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon.
32. A member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi.
34. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
36. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
37. Any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes.
38. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
40. The brightest star in Cygnus.
41. Spanish painter best known for his portraits (1746-1828).
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
49. Pleasing by delicacy or grace.
50. A language spoken by the Atakapa people of the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
51. The compass point that is one point west of northwest.
55. A quantity of no importance.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A state in the western United States.
61. United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963).
63. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
65. Jordan's port.
67. Toward the mouth or oral region.
68. A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
70. The sixth month of the civil year.
71. God of love and erotic desire.
72. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
75. Fiddler crabs.
76. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
80. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
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