1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
7. Relating to the Urdu language.
11. Taken or to be taken at random.
12. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
13. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
14. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
15. Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control.
16. Young sheep.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
21. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
40. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
51. Using speech rather than writing.
52. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. 1/10 gram.

1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
4. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
5. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
6. An informal term for a father.
7. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
8. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
9. Relieve from military service.
10. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
18. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. A radioactive transuranic element.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
33. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.
35. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
36. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. A resource.
48. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.