1. A winter month (abbrev.)
4. Feign
8. Mats
12. Artificial language
13. The general feeling that things will turn out well
14. Cain's brother
15. Troublemaker
17. A Russian river
18. At peace
19. Articulate in a very careful and rhythmic way
21. Mousses
23. Type genus of the Sittidae
26. Beige
29. An imaginary line between north and south poles
31. Poet Edgar Allan ___
32. Reveals
33. Singer/musician ___ King Cole
34. Visualizes
36. A way to look
37. Cutis
38. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs
40. Cornmeal
42. A wild primitive state untouched by civilization
46. Any natural satellite of a planet
48. Small and lightweight racecar
50. Kiln
51. Pier, side of porch
52. Swiss river
53. Humanistic discipline
54. Insect repellent
55. Time units (abbrev.)
2. The boundary of a surface
3. Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut
4. Alan Ladd movie
5. An owner or manager of hotels
6. Military mailbox
7. Common black European thrush
8. Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness
9. A way of assisting
10. Secluded room or chamber
16. South American lizard
20. Egyptian goddess
22. More dried-up
24. Afrikaans
25. Initial wager
26. A long narrative poem
27. Italian Lake
28. Located farthest to the rear
30. Reverberate
32. Partiality of opinion
36. Annual grass of Europe and N Africa
39. Assassinated Egyptian president Anwar _____
41. Rumanian city
43. Southwestern state
44. Backside
45. Strays
46. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
47. Paddle
49. Smallest whole number