1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. In bed.
8. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
16. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The cry made by sheep.
21. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. 1 species.
28. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
34. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
35. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
49. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
50. A light touch or stroke.
51. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
52. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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. Seed of a pea plant.
4. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. A cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot.
9. Not easy.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
25. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. Considerate and solicitous care.
29. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
36. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
38. A city in northern India.
39. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
45. The residue that remains when something is burned.
46. The airforce of Great Britain.