1. Coal-black
4. A way to create from raw material
7. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
12. An accountant certified by the state
13. Characterized by unity
14. Tablets
15. Citizens
17. In a way, initiated
18. A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
19. A citizen of Thailand
21. Before
22. Subscribed
24. Russian commune
25. Depicted
26. A run that is the result of the batter's performance
27. Building
29. Dimensions
31. Used esp. of meats
35. Put in advance
37. Chordophone
38. Bangladesh
41. Worked
42. A figure that branches from a single root
43. Opening
44. Stomach
45. Small two-wheeled horse-drawn
46. A long noosed rope used to catch animals
48. Endurance
52. Socks
53. An awkward stupid person
54. Take hold of
55. A light informal meal 56. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north
57. European Economic Community
2. Indicates near
3. Sensationalist journalism
4. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians
5. Queen of Scotts
6. Endocrine gland
7. Socks
8. Relative biological effectiveness, abbr.
9. Ardently or impatiently desirous
10. Cause to lose courage
11. A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
20. Became
22. Engineering company
23. Obeah
24. National capital
25. Pain unit
27. Chronicles, abbr. (Biblical)
28. __ King Cole, musician
30. Yearly tonnage, abbr.
32. Rotary engine
33. Supplement with difficulty
36. __ and Delilah
38. Misconducts
39. Aryan
40. Holds sacred stone
42. A woolen cap of Scottish origin
44. Any piece of work
45. Restaurant
47. A local and habitual twitching esp in the face
49. The bill in a restaurant
50. No (Scottish)
51. Basics