1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Become ground down or deteriorate.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
18. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
19. A monoamine oxidase inhibitor (trade name Marplan) that is used to treat clinical depression.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
32. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence.
37. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
38. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
39. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
42. A radioactive transuranic element.
45. Used of a single unit or thing.
46. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
48. A state in northwestern North America.
53. Female peafowl.
56. A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer.
60. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
64. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
67. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
68. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. One or some or every or all without specification.

1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. A human female who does housework.
4. A loose cloak with a hood.
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. The time period between dawn and noon.
7. The capital and largest city of Japan.
8. Stalk of a moss capsule.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
20. The short weak cry of a young bird.
22. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).
25. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
27. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
29. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. 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).
34. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
35. Very dark black.
36. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
43. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
44. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
47. (Brit) An area of open or forested country.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
52. The cry made by sheep.
54. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
55. A quantity of no importance.
57. A Hindu prince or king in India.
58. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
59. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
61. Any thick messy substance.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
66. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.