1. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
8. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
12. Anything that provides inspiration for later work.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
18. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
19. Type genus of the Anatidae.
20. A genus of Ploceidae.
22. A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.
24. Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine.
25. In truth (often tends to intensify).
27. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
30. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
31. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
34. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
37. Coextensive with the family Palmae.
42. A motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine.
46. The amount a salary is increased.
48. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
49. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. The highest level or degree attainable.
54. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
55. Any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule.
57. A state in northwestern North America.
58. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
59. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
60. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
62. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
65. An ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean.
67. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
68. A positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device.
69. An associate degree in nursing.
70. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
73. Being nine more than forty.
74. A long lace for fastening boots.
81. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
82. A light touch or stroke.
83. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
85. English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792).
90. Informal terms for a mother.
93. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
95. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
96. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
97. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.
98. Walk or tramp about.
100. The food served and eaten at one time.
102. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
103. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
104. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
105. A small cake leavened with yeast.
106. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.

1. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
4. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
7. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
8. Colloquial British abbreviation.
9. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
10. Used especially in treating bruises.
11. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
12. An ancient region of western Europe that included northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands.
13. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
14. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
15. One thousandth of a second.
21. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
23. A populous province in northeastern China.
26. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
29. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
32. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
33. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
36. The mints.
38. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
39. A basin for washing the hands (`wash-hand basin' is a British expression).
40. Of writing or narration.
41. In a sedate manner.
43. Aromatic Eurasian perennial.
44. A formal expression of praise.
45. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
47. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
52. A master's degree in library science.
53. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
61. Half the width of an em.
63. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
64. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
66. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
71. Swedish chemist (born in Germany) who discovered oxygen before Priestley did (1742-1786).
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
75. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
77. Work doggedly or persistently.
78. The southern part of the ancient Palestine succeeding the kingdom of Judah.
79. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
80. A port city in southwestern Iran.
84. World's longest river (4187 miles).
86. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
87. Type genus of the Nepidae.
88. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
89. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
91. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
92. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
94. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
99. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
101. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.