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1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.).
10. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
13. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
14. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
15. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
16. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
18. The capital of Morocco.
20. Covered with paving material.
21. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
22. Squash bugs.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
37. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. A light touch or stroke.
41. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
44. Lower in esteem.
46. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
47. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. A state of southwestern India.
55. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
57. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
58. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
60. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
61. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
63. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
64. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
65. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
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1. Singing jazz.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. The square of a body of any size of type.
4. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
5. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
6. A humorous anecdote or remark.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
9. Suggestive of the supernatural.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
12. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
17. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
19. Jordan's port.
23. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
28. A French abbot.
31. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
35. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
38. French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687).
39. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. Used as an Italian courtesy title.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. God of war.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird).
49. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
51. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. Toward the mouth or oral region.
56. A sudden short attack.
59. The cry made by sheep.
62. Unknown god.
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