1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A state in northwestern North America.
22. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
34. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A motley assortment of things.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
55. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
56. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
57. A state of southwestern India.
58. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
59. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

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. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
5. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. God of wealth and love.
8. 10 grams.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. A radioactive transuranic element.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
45. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
53. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
54. The month following February and preceding April.