1. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
4. An informal term for a father.
8. Inquire about.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
15. One million periods per second.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
21. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. The airforce of Great Britain.
29. A licensed medical practitioner.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
39. Young sheep.
42. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
45. Flat tableland with steep edges.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
4. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Fallow deer.
7. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. A city in northern India.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
18. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
22. Remove from memory or existence.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. The sixth day of the week.
31. A republic in central Africa.
32. Type genus of the family Mimidae.
33. Scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly.
34. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
35. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
37. Not widely known.
38. A radioactive transuranic element.
40. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
41. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
43. An uproarious party.