1. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
11. Any high mountain.
12. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
13. A local computer network for communication between computers.
14. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
16. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
17. The capital and largest city of Japan.
18. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
21. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
23. A theory of strong interactions between elementary particles (including the interaction that binds protons and neutrons in the nucleus).
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
44. Tag the base runner to get him out.
46. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. The sign language used in the United States.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
54. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
55. A boy or man.
56. The biblical name for ancient Syria.

1. A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
2. An imperfection in a device or machine.
3. The capital of Western Samoa.
4. Before noon.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. Free from liquid or moisture.
8. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
9. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
10. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
15. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
19. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
22. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
24. A light touch or stroke.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Lower in esteem.
36. Type genus of the Gavidae.
37. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
42. A Loloish language.
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
45. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
47. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. An informal term for a father.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.