1. 1st and 3rd person singular present tense of "wit"
4. One of the main longitudinal timbers of a vessel
8. Poems
12. Wrath
13. Catholic book of feasts
14. A barred container for pets and animals
15. Divide by class or type
17. English college
18. Powered aircraft
19. A soft unctious clay used as a pigment
21. Stretched tight
23. Important food fish of the Nile
26. Greek god of war
29. Oddities
31. A way to utter melodiously
32. Goddess of grain (Roman mythology)
33. Viet ___
34. Ancient calculating machines
36. Levy
37. Eduard _____, pre-war Czechoslovakian president
38. Soul and calypso song
40. Boats
42. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps
46. Eqyptian queen of the gods
48. The academic world
50. Middle days of the month
51. Satiate
52. Swiss river
53. Summoned
54. Remain as is
55. Distress signal
2. Former baseball pitcher ____ Hershiser
3. Used for insect sterilization
4. An Asian peninsula off Manchuria
5. Deletions
6. Eastern Daylight Time
7. Jacques ____, German physiologist
8. South American wildcat
9. An NBC news and documentary show
10. Your consciousness of your own identity
16. Picnic insects
20. Japanese sashes
22. Balances
24. Drinks
25. Systems, doctrines, theories
26. Whale ship captain
27. Not very intelligent or easily fooled
28. Gave forth
30. Reverberate
32. North Atlantic codlike fish
36. A sleeveless garment like cloak but shorter
39. Trainee
41. Impudence
43. Latin for "Love"
44. Chinese dynasty
45. Roman god of war
46. A person's brother or sister
47. Government computer language
49. Domesticated feline