1. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
5. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
12. Of the blackest black.
15. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
16. Dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
17. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
18. Overcome esp. with astonishment or disbelief.
20. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
21. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
22. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. A plot of ground where plants are cultivated.
25. Cause to run off the tracks.
27. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
29. The largest of the Balearic Islands.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. By bad luck.
36. Before noon.
40. A spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion).
42. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
44. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
45. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
46. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
52. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
59. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
68. The eighth month of the civil year.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
73. An informal term for a father.
74. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
75. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
76. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
77. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
78. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

1. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
2. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
3. A doctor's degree in education.
4. Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.
5. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
6. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
7. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
8. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
10. A genus of Ploceidae.
11. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
12. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
13. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
14. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
19. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
24. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
26. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
28. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
30. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
31. A kind of sedan chair used in India.
33. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
34. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
37. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
41. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
43. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
50. The bill in a restaurant.
51. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
53. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
57. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
58. Relating to or near the ulna.
60. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
61. A quantity of no importance.
62. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
63. Expel, as of gases and odors.
65. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
66. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
67. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
69. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
70. The basic unit of money in Romania.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.