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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A state of southwestern India.
7. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
13. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
14. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
15. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. An associate degree in nursing.
20. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
22. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
32. The month following January and preceding March.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
36. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
47. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
52. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
53. A flexible container with a single opening.
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1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
5. Be obliged to pay or repay.
6. By bad luck.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. Lacking excess flesh.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
19. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. Not widely known.
38. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
42. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
43. (informal) Exceptionally good.
46. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
48. A white trivalent metallic element.
49. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
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