1. 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.
4. Rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers.
12. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
15. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
16. A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. A selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil).
21. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
22. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
25. Like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape).
27. A slender double-reed instrument.
29. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
30. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
34. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
38. Consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl.
42. Step on it.
43. The supreme commander of a fleet.
45. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
46. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
48. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
61. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
65. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
67. A long monotonous harangue.
68. A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains.
69. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
72. A master's degree in business.
73. A young woman making her debut into society.
74. Any of various finches of Europe or America having a massive and powerful bill.
76. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
77. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
78. A group of musicians playing or singing together.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

1. Beyond what is natural.
2. A cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats.
3. American novelist (1909-1955).
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. United States film actress (born in Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905-1990).
6. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
7. A strong cord v 1.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents.
10. (statistics) Having a single mode.
11. A noisy riotous fight.
12. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
13. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
19. A place that is scoured (especially by running water) v 1.
24. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
26. A loud harsh or strident noise.
28. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
31. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
32. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
33. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
35. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
36. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
37. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
39. A doctor's degree in optometry.
40. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
41. Any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum.
44. The capital of Morocco.
47. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
54. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (Southern).
55. A human female who does housework.
58. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
60. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
72. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.