1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
7. Money in the form of bills or coins.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
16. A sudden short attack.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
21. A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. Type genus of the Gavidae.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. Extremely pleasing.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
47. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
50. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
51. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
53. Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns.
54. 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).
55. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
56. Remove with or as if with a ladle.

1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A flexible container with a single opening.
5. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
7. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle.
10. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
23. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. An awkward stupid person.
29. British informal term.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
33. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
36. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
40. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
42. In bed.
43. A French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750).
45. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. A master's degree in business.
50. Not out.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.