1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
5. French otologist who first described a form of vertigo now known as Meniere's disease and identified the semicircular canals as the site of the lesion (1799-1862).
12. Any of various units of capacity.
15. American novelist (1909-1955).
16. Loss of the ability to swallow.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
18. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.
20. Extremely intricate.
22. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
23. A loop in a rope.
25. In captivity.
26. God of wealth and love.
28. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. A blind god.
37. A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
42. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
44. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
47. A covered passageway.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
53. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
54. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
61. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
62. The basic unit of money in Ecuador.
63. Typical geese.
65. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
67. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
69. God of love and erotic desire.
73. Hard ticks.
77. Black tropical American cuckoo.
78. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
79. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
80. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
83. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
84. A festival featuring African-American culture.
85. Crowd or pack to capacity.

1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Advanced in years.
3. The brightest star in Cygnus.
4. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
5. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
6. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
7. A state in New England.
8. A state in midwestern United States.
9. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
10. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
11. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
12. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
13. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
14. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
19. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
21. Any cycad of the genus Dioon.
24. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
27. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
30. Scottish dramatist and novelist.
32. The face of a timepiece.
34. A kind of polyester fabric.
35. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
36. Pull back or move away or backward.
38. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).
40. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. Call upon in supplication.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
48. Small European grebe.
51. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. United States explorer who (with Meriwether Lewis) led an expedition from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River.
55. (informal) Of the highest quality.
56. A Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon.
58. A Scottish word.
60. The cry made by sheep.
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
66. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
68. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
70. Little known Kamarupan languages.
71. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
72. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
74. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
75. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
81. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
82. A white trivalent metallic element.