1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A decree that prohibits something.
7. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. American novelist (1909-1955).
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
16. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Jordan's port.
27. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
32. Be in accord.
35. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
38. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
40. The universal time coordinated time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body.
41. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
42. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
44. Being nine more than ninety.
45. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
48. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
50. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
5. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
6. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter.
7. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
8. 1/10 gram.
9. The state of owing money.
10. Not only so, but.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
21. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
22. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
23. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
26. Unknown god.
28. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
30. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
33. Any plant of the genus Erica.
34. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
39. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
43. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. A state in midwestern United States.
49. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.