1. Athletics
6. A religion based on sorcery
11. Earlier in time
12. Remedy
15. Offensive term for an Asian laborer
16. Not gained by merit
17. Purpose
18. An orator's desk
20. Large
21. Notch
23. Haughtiness
24. Dell
25. French for "Head"
26. With competence
27. Heredity unit
28. Biblical garden
29. 52 in Roman numerals
30. Ebbed
31. Meagerness
34. Pseudonym
36. Rescue
37. Frosts
41. Cat sound
42. Anagram of "Star"
43. Not this
44. A soft sheepskin leather
45. French cheese
46. Bygone era
47. Mistake
48. Type of marmoset
51. Ribonucleic acid
52. An empty boaster
54. Leased
56. Roomette
57. Not written exams
58. Slender
59. A nine-piece musical group
2. Hype
3. Petroleum
4. Agitate
5. Tall woody plant
6. Cantankerous
7. Ales
8. Distinctive flair
9. Atmosphere
10. Stinking nightshade
13. Hidden
14. Border
16. Useful
19. Log home
22. Stress
24. Compactness
26. "Oh my!"
27. Petrol
30. Marries
32. Bird call
33. Fertilizer ingredient
34. Ethically indifferent
38. Chuckle
39. Sincere
40. Place
42. Arsenal
44. Umpires
45. Exposed
48. Adhesive strip
49. Press
50. Infamous Roman emperor
53. Charge
55. Indian bread