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1. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
4. By bad luck.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
12. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
15. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
16. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
22. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
25. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
36. An accountant certified by the state.
38. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
42. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
46. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
47. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar.
52. In bed.
53. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
54. The residue that remains when something is burned.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
3. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
4. Absent without permission.
5. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
6. Jordan's port.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A genus of Ploceidae.
39. Type genus of the Anatidae.
40. A narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
41. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
42. The square of a body of any size of type.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
44. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
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