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1. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
5. One who tries.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
15. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
16. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
17. A port in southwestern Scotland.
18. Perceive sound.
19. Income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time.
20. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
22. Widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers.
24. Tending to cure or restore to health.
25. Used of a single unit or thing.
26. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
28. The bill in a restaurant.
29. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
31. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
32. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
36. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
38. Measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation.
39. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
41. A state of southwestern India.
42. (Norse mythology) Wife of Loki.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
47. A male human offspring.
48. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
50. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
52. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
53. 16 ounces.
54. A city in central Mali near the Niger river.
56. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
59. An alloy of copper and zinc.
60. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
65. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
67. Tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper.
71. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
72. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
75. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
76. Being one more than two.
77. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
79. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
80. Having leadership guidance.
81. Used of persons.
82. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
3. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
4. Imprisonment (especially for a long time).
5. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
6. Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth.
7. The trait of behaving in an obscene manner.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. The face veil worn by Muslim women.
10. Half the width of an em.
11. The capital of Morocco.
12. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
13. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
23. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
27. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
30. The quantity a scoop will hold.
33. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
34. Trousers that end at or above the knee.
35. Type genus of the Danaidae.
37. God of love and erotic desire.
40. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
43. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
44. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
46. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
49. Paved with brick.
51. Essential equal to suborder Myomorpha with the Dipodidae excluded.
55. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
57. A member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon.
58. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
61. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
62. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
64. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
66. Possessing material wealth.
68. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
69. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
70. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
73. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
74. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
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