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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
5. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
10. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
13. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
14. (informal) A man who is (usually) old and/or eccentric.
15. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
16. Treated with oil.
18. A Russian river.
19. Music performed for dancing the polka.
21. Lacking physical strength or vitality.
23. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
24. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
25. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
26. An enclosed space.
28. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
30. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
34. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
38. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
39. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
40. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
41. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
50. Something causes misery or death.
51. Australasian kingfishers.
53. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
57. (informal) Of the highest quality.
58. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. Lacking in light.
64. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
65. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
66. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
67. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
68. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
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1. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.
7. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
8. A state in northwestern North America.
9. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
10. A large and hurried swallow.
11. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
12. Made of fir or pine.
17. A doctor's degree in education.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
27. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. Type genus of the Majidae.
33. Address God.
35. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
37. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
45. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
49. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
52. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
53. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
54. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
55. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
56. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
60. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
61. Tag the base runner to get him out.
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