1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. An associate degree in applied science.
7. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
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. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
25. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
27. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. The cry made by sheep.
35. A Loloish language.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
48. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
49. (informal) Roused to anger.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. A partially opened flower.
54. A branch of the Tai languages.
55. 16 ounces.

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 flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
8. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
20. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
26. A master's degree in business.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
42. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
47. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
51. An honorary degree in science.