1. Parts Per Million
4. French for "Without"
8. Lyric poems
12. Metric unit of area
13. Bowfin or mudfish
14. Arrived
15. In a decorous way
17. Small ornamental ladies' bag
18. The first event in a series
19. Alone in type or character
21. Mother of Horus (Egyptian mythology)
23. Carbonated beverages
26. Runners used for gliding over snow
29. Tending to cure or restore to health
31. Skeletal muscle
32. Uncovers or displays
33. Remaining after all deductions
34. Flowers
36. Prefix indicating 1 trillion
37. Whittles
38. Cape near Lisbon
40. Alms box or chest
42. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps
46. Delicacy (archaic)
48. The academic world
50. Cain's brother
51. Despise
52. Circle fragment
53. Hectic
54. Remain as is (proofreading)
55. Scottish for "Have" or "Own"
2. Prepare (abbrev.)
3. Native of ancient Asian kingdom
4. Satiates
5. Citizen of the United States
6. Zero or none
7. Claims or tells
8. Wildcat of South America
9. NBC newsmagazine show
10. Large Australian flightless bird
11. Italian for "Six"
20. South American tubers
22. More certain
24. Assert
25. Stiff hair or bristle
26. Hit with the open hand
27. Japanese writing system
28. Repeats
30. Reverberate
32. Autumn pear
36. Adhesive strip
39. Trainee
41. Expresses pleasure
43. Oriental nursemaid
44. Italian currency
45. A ceremonial staff displayed as a symbol of authority
46. Taxi
47. ___ Dhabi, Arabian capital
49. Feline