1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A young woman making her debut into society.
17. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. A state in northwestern North America.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A bachelor's degree in theology.
28. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
30. The capital and largest city of Japan.
31. (informal) Exceptionally good.
34. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
36. The sixth day of the week.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
43. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. A French abbot.
49. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
50. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
51. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
52. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.

1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
7. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
25. Cattle that are reared for their meat.
27. Any of various units of capacity.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. The airforce of Great Britain.
33. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. A master's degree in fine arts.
37. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
38. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
42. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
44. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
46. Extremely pleasing.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.