1. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
5. 100 pfennigs equal 1 Deutsche Mark.
12. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
15. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
16. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
17. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
18. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
19. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
20. Having or denoting a high range.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
25. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
26. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
28. Stupefied by alcoholic drink.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
33. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
39. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
43. Of or relating to or involving an area.
45. English monk and scholar (672-735).
46. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
47. (British) Something badly botched or muddled.
48. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
49. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
50. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
51. A state in north central United States.
53. Any high mountain.
54. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
63. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
64. Cultivated in temperate regions.
68. Tropical African and Indian herbs.
70. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
71. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
72. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers.
75. Italian film actress (born in 1934).
76. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
77. A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
79. Disposed of to a purchaser.
80. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
81. Ark shells.
82. Type genus of the Anatidae.

1. A right or legal share of something.
2. Lap at the front of a coat.
3. Jordan's port.
4. A South American river.
5. Domestic swine.
6. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.
7. A genus of Mustelidae.
8. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
9. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
10. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
11. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
12. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
13. Find the solution to (a problem or question).
14. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
21. Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
24. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A Russian river.
31. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
34. A married German woman.
35. Any small compartment.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
38. A student who studies excessively.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
41. The basic unit of money in Iran.
42. A sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog).
44. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
52. A New England state.
55. A fighter who batters the opponent.
56. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
57. The capital of Turkey.
58. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
59. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage.
61. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
62. 20 aspers equal 1 kuru.
65. A city in northeastern Ohio.
66. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
67. (with `in') Guardianship over.
69. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
73. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
74. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
78. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.