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1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
13. A local computer network for communication between computers.
14. Wool of the alpaca.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
18. Heal or recover.
19. An enclosed space.
20. (botany) Especially of leaves.
21. The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants.
24. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
25. A port city in southwestern Iran.
29. Become wider.
32. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
33. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
35. A radioactive transuranic element.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. By bad luck.
45. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
48. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A married man.
57. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. The cry made by sheep.
61. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
64. A container.
65. The residue that remains when something is burned.
66. Italian Benedictine monk who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
67. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
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1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Type genus of the Anatidae.
4. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
7. English monk and scholar (672-735).
8. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
9. Relating to or associated with heat.
10. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
17. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. Combining form.
23. Half the width of an em.
26. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
31. Very dark black.
34. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
41. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
42. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
47. Tag the base runner to get him out.
49. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
50. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
51. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
52. A vigorous blow.
54. A French abbot.
55. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
56. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
58. A male human offspring.
59. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
62. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
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