1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
7. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
11. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
12. Being one more than fifty.
13. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
14. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
16. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
18. A strong emotion.
22. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
23. The cry made by sheep.
30. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
33. A person with an unusual or odd personality.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
44. A form of address for a married woman.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. Take in solid food.

1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
4. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
5. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
6. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
7. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
8. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
9. A Spanish river.
10. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
15. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
25. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
26. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
27. A bachelor's degree in religion.
28. Pan with a convex bottom.
29. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
37. A city in northern India.
38. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
40. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
43. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.