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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. State in northeastern India.
9. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. God of wealth and love.
15. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
16. An associate degree in applied science.
17. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
18. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
19. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. A rapid bustling commotion.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Haunt like a ghost.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
36. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
39. Morally blemished.
41. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
51. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. Cause to start burning.
59. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
60. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
61. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
62. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
63. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
64. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
65. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
66. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
3. Flat tableland with steep edges.
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. Large scissors with strong blades.
6. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
7. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
8. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
9. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
10. By bad luck.
11. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
12. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
20. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
25. A medium (art or business) that disseminates moving pictures.
27. Denuded of leaves.
28. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
29. A boy or man.
30. Any small compartment.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. An informal term for a father.
37. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
38. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
39. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
40. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
46. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
48. In bed.
49. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
50. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
52. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
53. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
58. The bill in a restaurant.
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