1. Before
4. __ Ladd, actor
8. Wading birds of warm regions
12. Force
13. Broad in scope or content; including all or much
14. Nail
15. One who makes lively
17. With fireplace residue
18. Irony
19. Valley
21. Benett __, editor
23. Lavender
26. People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
29. Boldness
31. Exclamation: yuck!
32. He carried the sky on his shoulders
33. Veterans battleground
34. Headdress
36. A pool of standing water
37. Ernest __, French historian
38. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas
40. Currently fashionable
42. In a way, takes
46. Cain and __
48. In an empty way
50. Anagram of irso
51. A sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
52. Forced
53. Porcelain flower
54. In a way, frees
55. The compass point midway between northeast and east
2. Type genus of the Ranidae
3. Utter sounds
4. Awake
5. Knowledgeable
6. Flurry
7. Swot
8. A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
9. Base line
10. I (German)
16. Gnawers
20. Expression of sorrow or pity
22. West Africans
24. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
25. Inflorescence
26. German river
27. Phil __, former CIA
28. Archive
30. Nighted
32. God of fire (Hindu)
36. Picasso's mistress
39. In a way, proposes
41. Bono's ex wife
43. Beget
44. Ardour
45. Auld lang __, good old days
46. The residue that remains when something is burned
47. After a performance or speech
49. News organization