1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
16. Genus of woody Asiatic vines.
17. Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.
18. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
20. Remote and separate physically or socially.
21. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
23. Normal relaxed breathing.
25. Strike suddenly and with force.
28. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
29. A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods.
33. In bed.
35. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
36. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. Sift anew.
44. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
45. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
49. The month following July and preceding September.
50. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
51. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
53. A Mid-Atlantic state.
58. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
60. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events.
62. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
64. A Hindu prince or king in India.
68. A large fleet.
70. Of or pertaining to hearing or the ear.
72. A boy or man.
73. Anything that serves as an enticement.
74. Measure by titration.
76. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
77. American novelist (1909-1955).
78. Having a hole cut through.
79. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

1. Gather, as of as crops.
2. The highest level or degree attainable.
3. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
4. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
5. Capital and largest city of Hungary.
6. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
7. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
8. The back side of the neck.
9. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
10. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
11. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.
12. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
13. The recipient of funds or other benefits.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
19. Wild rice.
24. A genus of Ploceidae.
26. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
27. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
30. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
31. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
37. A city in northwestern Syria.
39. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
40. (chemistry and physics) Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.
41. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
43. Surrounded as with a border or fringe.
46. A drama set to music.
49. A strong emotion.
52. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
55. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. A white trivalent metallic element.
57. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
60. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
67. The sixth month of the civil year.
71. Having leadership guidance.