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1. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
4. A French abbot.
8. An honorary degree in science.
11. A decree that prohibits something.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. (trademark) A transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin.
20. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
22. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
23. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
24. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
25. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
32. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
34. A state in midwestern United States.
35. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
46. Being one more than nine.
47. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
49. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
50. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
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1. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
2. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
3. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. First in order of birth.
8. Indicating the most important performer or role.
9. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
10. Two items of the same kind.
15. A small drink.
19. A bachelor's degree in theology.
21. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
26. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
27. Being one more than one.
28. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
30. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. The cry made by sheep.
36. In bed.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
41. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
44. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
45. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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