1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A human limb.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
16. An associate degree in nursing.
17. Divulge information or secrets.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. A block of metal that is cast in a particular shape for convenient handling.
27. Type genus of the Anatidae.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
32. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
38. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
41. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
44. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
45. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
47. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
50. A quantity of no importance.

1. Loose or flaccid body fat.
2. Heal or recover.
3. A city in northern India.
4. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
5. Chief port of Yemen.
6. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
8. An uproarious party.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Obvious and dull.
18. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
19. An associate degree in applied science.
21. A New England state.
22. A city in north central Nigeria.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A state in New England.
26. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. Immediately following in time or order.
30. Filled with fear or apprehension.
33. Any plant of the genus Erica.
35. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
36. An elaborate song for solo voice.
39. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
40. An informal term for a father.
42. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
43. A local computer network for communication between computers.
46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.