1. Sino-Soviet Bloc
4. ____ the line
8. Discover or retrieve
12. Small Hawaiian stringed instrument
13. A slight elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
14. Upon
15. A way of sensing
17. Loloish
18. Bothers
19. A long narrative poem
21. Come to the surface
23. Rounds of duty
26. Absorbent material fastened to a handle
29. Penetrating or cogent
31. Popular PC graphics file format
32. _____ pole
33. V
34. Flowers
36. The dried leaves of the hemp plant
37. Infections
38. Tear down
40. Strong woody fibers
42. Most uncommon
46. Indo-Chinese people
48. Telephone assistant
50. A way to hold
51. Shag rugs
52. ___-Magnon
53. More tiny
54. Hindu queen
55. Possessed
2. Jump lightly
3. Pleads
4. _____-frutti
5. Left out
6. The compass point that is one point north of due east
7. Chief magistrate of Venice
8. Leafs
9. No longer in effect or use
10. Last in an indefinitely large series
16. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
20. Showing exaggerated propriety
22. Go in
24. Birds
25. Observes
26. Resorts
27. Drunk (slang)
28. Embitter
30. About Gaius Julius Caesar
32. Throw
36. Body fluids
39. Athapaskan
41. Pressure unit
43. Engrave
44. A crane
45. Stepped on
46. The compass point that is one point west of due south
47. Own (Scottish)
49. Monetary unit of Myanmar