1. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
4. A card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker.
12. Gone by.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. Lay bare through digging.
17. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
18. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
20. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
21. Used of a single unit or thing.
22. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
24. A motley assortment of things.
27. English monk and scholar (672-735).
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
31. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
32. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
33. A festival featuring African-American culture.
36. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
40. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
43. A genus of Mustelidae.
44. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
48. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
49. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
50. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
51. Climbing salamanders.
54. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
57. God of death.
58. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
61. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
64. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
66. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
67. Cabbage butterflies.
70. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
72. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
73. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
76. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
77. Something left after other parts have been taken away.
78. The act of detecting something.
79. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.

1. Deeply moved.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
4. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
5. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
6. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
9. A small piece of cloth.
10. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
11. Based on sound reasoning or evidence.
12. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
13. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
14. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
19. French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989).
23. English monk and scholar (672-735).
25. A person who gains weight.
26. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. Cause to become awake or conscious.
30. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
34. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
35. Austrian writer (1881-1942).
37. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
38. 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.
39. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
42. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
45. Bubble shells.
46. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
47. A port city in southwestern Norway.
52. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
53. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
55. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
56. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
59. Relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body.
60. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
62. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
63. Family based on male descent.
65. The basic unit of money on Malta.
68. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
69. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
71. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
74. Being one more than one.
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.