1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
12. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
16. A very thin line.
17. (informal) Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
18. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Exultantly proud and joyful.
20. (medicine) Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
22. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
30. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
33. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
35. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
37. Morally bad or wrong.
42. A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
46. Black tropical American cuckoo.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
48. Capable of being scaled.
51. Tawny-colored African antelope inhabiting wet grassy plains.
54. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. Greek mythology.
59. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
62. A Loloish language.
66. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
67. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
70. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
71. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
72. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
73. A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer.
76. God of the earth.
77. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
78. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
79. Used of a single unit or thing.

1. A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.
2. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
7. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
8. On or toward the lee.
9. Used in combination to denote the middle.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. An immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen).
12. (botany) A covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts.
13. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
14. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
21. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
23. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
24. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. English monk and scholar (672-735).
28. A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water).
29. Of or relating to located near the iris of the eye.
31. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
32. Paper with a crinkled texture.
34. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
36. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
38. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
39. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
43. Take one's time.
49. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
50. Lower in esteem.
52. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
53. The cry made by sheep.
56. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
57. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
58. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
60. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
64. Not easy.
65. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
69. Tag the base runner to get him out.
74. A state in the eastern United States.
75. An associate degree in nursing.