1. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
4. (usually in the plural) A garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately.
9. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
17. A means of serving.
18. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
19. A small piece of cloth.
20. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
21. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity.
22. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
26. Send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code.
28. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
29. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
30. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
32. Type genus of the Otariidae.
34. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
37. Any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
47. Extremely cold.
48. Having winglike extensions.
50. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
52. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
53. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
54. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
56. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
57. A lake in northwestern Russia.
58. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
59. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
60. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
63. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
64. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
66. Paralysis of the vocal cords resulting in an inability to speak.
68. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
70. The basic unit of money in Romania.
71. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
72. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
75. A public promotion of some product or service.
77. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
78. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
80. Fallow deer.
82. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
84. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
87. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
90. The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
94. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
95. In bed.
98. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
100. Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.
101. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
102. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
103. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
104. The habitation of wild animals.
105. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
106. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
107. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
108. English essayist (1775-1834).

1. An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
2. (prefix) Within.
3. Short and fat.
4. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
5. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
6. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
7. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
8. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
9. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
10. God of wealth and love.
11. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
12. Jewelry to ornament the ear.
13. (informal) Exceptionally good.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
25. A game in which quoits or horseshoes are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it.
27. The West AFrican language of the Wolof people in Senegal.
29. With eagerness.
31. Being five more than fifty.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
35. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
36. Advanced in years.
38. Being nine more than forty.
39. A courteous manner that respects accepted social usage.
40. German statesman.
42. Experiencing a sudden sense of danger.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
44. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
46. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
55. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
58. Apple trees.
61. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
62. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. Greek mythology.
67. Relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area.
69. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
73. A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin).
74. Small room is which a monk or nun lives.
75. (informal) Exceptionally good.
76. A bachelor's degree in religion.
79. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
82. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
83. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
85. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
86. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
88. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
89. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
90. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
91. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
92. Being seven more than fifty.
93. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
96. The cry made by sheep.
97. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
99. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.