1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
4. A polite name for any woman.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
12. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. An accidental happening.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
17. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
28. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
30. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
34. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
45. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
48. An informal term for a father.
50. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
53. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
54. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

1. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. Someone who wastes time.
4. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
5. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
6. A young woman making her debut into society.
7. Not only so, but.
8. Little known Kamarupan languages.
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. Obvious and dull.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
26. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
27. A resource.
29. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
35. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
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.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. An informal term for a father.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
47. Tag the base runner to get him out.
49. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.