1. Related to or located at the back.
5. A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person.
12. Inquire about.
15. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
16. Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980).
17. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
18. Singing jazz.
19. Talk pompously.
20. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
22. A three-sided polygon.
24. Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
26. (comparative and superlative of `early') More early than.
27. Affected manners intended to impress others.
28. Jordan's port.
29. The quality of glittering or sparkling brightly.
33. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air.
40. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
41. The capital of Turkey.
45. Material used to daub walls.
48. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
49. Someone who sets snares for birds or small animals.
50. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
51. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
52. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
54. (informal) Exceptionally good.
57. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. Half the width of an em.
59. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
61. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
64. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
67. Fallow deer.
70. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
73. Any thick messy substance.
76. A small vessel for travel on water.
77. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
78. A lack of vitality.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

1. Loose temporary stitches.
2. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
3. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
4. A general anesthetic (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
5. Relating to or characteristic of an apogee.
6. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
7. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
8. In or of the month preceding the present one.
9. The process of seeping.
10. The eleventh month of the civil year.
11. Of or relating to Liberia or its people.
12. By bad luck.
13. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
14. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
21. United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932).
23. (Greek mythology) Winged goddess of victory.
25. A jaunty rhythm in music.
30. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.
31. The principal dish of a meal.
32. A person who enjoys reading.
34. Wife of Balder.
35. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
36. The basic unit of money in China.
39. At or constituting a border or edge.
42. A former French unit of area.
43. Power to control.
44. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
46. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
47. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
53. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
55. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
56. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
60. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
62. Very dark black.
63. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
65. Not widely known.
66. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
68. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
69. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
71. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
72. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
74. Informal terms for a mother.
75. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).