1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Having spots or patches of color.
11. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
15. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
16. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
17. A feeling of intense anger.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Be in contradiction with.
21. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
23. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
25. A joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other.
26. Any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream.
27. American dramatist (1928- ).
30. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
33. The act of soiling something.
36. Covered patchily.
38. Oppose, as in hostility or a competition.
40. A Mid-Atlantic state.
41. The residue that remains when something is burned.
42. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
43. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
45. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.
48. A container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual).
49. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
50. Largest known toad species.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
55. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
58. Characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech.
62. Any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
67. German mathematician (1882-1935).
70. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
71. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
72. Take precedence or surpass others in rank.
73. Having relatively few calories.
74. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
75. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
3. A Spanish river.
4. Used as a French courtesy title.
5. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
6. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
7. A just detectable amount.
8. Provided with artificial light.
9. A biological unit consisting of a nucleus and the body of cytoplasm with which it interacts.
10. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
11. Similar to the color of fresh grass.
12. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
13. Highly excited.
14. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
20. Unwisely talking too much.
22. A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
24. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
28. A close observer.
29. Growing in two parts or in pairs.
31. A sore that has become inflamed and formed pus.
32. Be compatible or in accordance with.
34. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
35. A postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
37. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
39. A city in southeastern South Korea.
44. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America.
46. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
47. French politician who proposed the Maginot Line (1877-1932).
51. Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
52. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
56. Not having a steady rhythm.
57. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
59. In bed.
60. A quantity of no importance.
61. Stubbornly unyielding.
63. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
65. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
68. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
69. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.