1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. Strike with a flat object.
10. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
15. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
19. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
21. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757).
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
31. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Tag the base runner to get him out.
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
39. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
41. A flexible container with a single opening.
42. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. An informal term for a father.
48. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
53. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
59. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
60. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
61. Lacking self-confidence.
62. Type genus of the Anhimidae.
65. A small piece of cloth.
66. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
67. A person who owns or operates oil wells.
68. Used of a single unit or thing.

1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
5. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
6. (Irish) The sea personified.
7. The sixth month of the civil year.
8. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
9. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
12. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
18. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. An associate degree in applied science.
23. Before noon.
24. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
27. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
28. A French abbot.
30. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
37. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
40. A notice of someone's death.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
47. Fallow deer.
49. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
51. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
52. A fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes.
54. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
55. Common Indian weaverbird.
56. Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.
57. Avatar of Vishnu.
58. A city in northern India.
63. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
64. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.