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1. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
4. The face or front of a building.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
14. Away from the mouth or oral region.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
19. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
21. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
23. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
24. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
36. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
37. After the expected or usual time.
41. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. A loud harsh or strident noise.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. At full speed.
50. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
52. South African term for `boss'.
56. A town of Denmark in north central Jutland.
59. Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells.
63. Black tropical American cuckoo.
64. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
67. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
68. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
69. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
70. On or toward the lee.
71. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
72. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
73. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
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1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
4. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
6. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
7. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
8. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
9. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
10. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
11. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
12. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
26. The bill in a restaurant.
30. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. 16 ounces.
39. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
40. A doctor's degree in education.
42. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
44. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. The basic unit of money in Finland.
49. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
51. Dwell (archaic).
53. Jordan's port.
54. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
55. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
56. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
58. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
60. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
61. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
62. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
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