1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
5. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
7. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
11. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
12. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
13. A city in northern India.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
16. South African term for `boss'.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
18. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
21. A state in New England.
24. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
26. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
30. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. A Loloish language.
49. Having leadership guidance.
50. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
51. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
52. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
3. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
5. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
6. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
7. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
20. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
23. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
37. Make an etching of.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
41. In bed.
42. A quantity of no importance.
44. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
45. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.