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1. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
5. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
13. Lie adjacent to another.
14. God of wealth and love.
15. (informal) Of the highest quality.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
19. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
21. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
23. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
25. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
26. A state in midwestern United States.
27. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
29. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
32. A white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
39. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
41. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
46. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
52. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
53. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
56. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
60. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
61. A book of the New Testament.
65. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. Of or relating to or being a feria.
69. A master's degree in fine arts.
70. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
71. A breast-shaped mass of padding worn in a brassiere.
72. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
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1. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
2. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
3. A progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms.
4. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
5. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
6. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
7. South African term for `boss'.
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. A decree that prohibits something.
10. Informal terms for a mother.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
17. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
30. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Made of or resembling lace.
35. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
37. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
40. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
45. Absent without permission.
47. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
49. An ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate.
50. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. Type genus of the Ranidae.
55. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
57. The highest level or degree attainable.
58. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
59. The sixth month of the civil year.
62. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
64. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
68. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
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