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1. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
5. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
7. A fastener for a door or lid.
11. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
12. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Young sheep.
17. Armor plate that protects the head.
20. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
27. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
30. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
31. The month following January and preceding March.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
38. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
47. A boy or man.
48. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
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1. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
2. Having wisdom that comes with age and experience.
3. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
4. The square of a body of any size of type.
5. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
6. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
7. Ground snakes.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
10. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
15. Not only so, but.
18. A master's degree in business.
19. Jordan's port.
23. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A flexible container with a single opening.
28. A Russian river.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. Wearing or provided with clothing.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. A human female who does housework.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
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