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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
18. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
19. A quantity of no importance.
20. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
25. Jordan's port.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
35. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
41. Having two axes.
42. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
45. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
48. Of or like a cecum.
51. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
52. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
53. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
57. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
63. Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy.
66. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
67. Indicating the most important performer or role.
68. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
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1. Hardened sugary exudation of various trees.
2. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
3. An oil port in southern Iraq.
4. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
5. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
6. Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. A decree that prohibits something.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
17. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
21. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
23. An oil port in southern Iraq.
28. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
29. Slightly open.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. Wild goose having white adult plumage.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
36. A French abbot.
38. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
40. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
47. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
49. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
54. Located in or toward the back or rear.
55. Common Indian weaverbird.
56. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
58. Being six more than fifty.
59. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
60. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
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