1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy.
12. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
15. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
16. Accept as true.
17. Being one more than six.
18. Any competition.
19. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
20. A very large person.
21. A wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. Made warm or hot.
25. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
26. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
28. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
39. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
43. A cgs unit of work or energy.
44. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
45. Toward the mouth or oral region.
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
51. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. British informal term.
54. United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).
55. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
58. A member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico.
60. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
63. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
66. A fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit.
71. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
72. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
75. Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs.
76. A doctor's degree in education.
79. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
80. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
81. Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column.
82. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

1. Any wrongdoing for which and action for damages may be brought.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
4. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
5. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
6. Avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1).
7. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
8. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
9. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
10. Being one more than three.
11. United States politician who arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872).
12. A genus of Indriidae.
13. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef.
14. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
22. Tag the base runner to get him out.
27. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. Of a leaf shape.
31. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
34. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
37. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
41. American dwarf fan palms.
42. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
47. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Prozac).
48. Declare invalid.
56. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
59. Greek mythology.
61. Small and light boat.
62. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
64. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
65. English monk and scholar (672-735).
67. Made of or resembling lace.
68. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
69. (anatomy) A fold or wrinkle or crease.
70. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
73. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
74. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
77. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
78. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.