1. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
4. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
9. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
13. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
16. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
17. Cause to lose one's nerve.
18. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
19. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
20. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
22. Silver-coated candy bead for decorating cakes.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
25. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
26. For which reason.
29. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A graphical record of electric currents associated with muscle contractions.
38. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
42. Not enough.
46. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
49. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
50. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
51. An enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to clot.
54. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
55. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
56. Wood of a pecan tree.
57. Of or relating to near the ear.
58. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
59. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
61. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
63. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
65. Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution.
66. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
67. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
70. withdraw from an organization or communion.
71. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
74. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. A vast multitude.
79. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
81. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
85. Type genus of the Otariidae.
87. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
89. A branch of the Tai languages.
90. Effusively or insincerely emotional.
92. Having legs of a specified kind or number.
94. A master's degree in business.
95. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
96. Liquid excretory product.
98. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
99. Tag the base runner to get him out.
100. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
101. The forest trees growing in a country or region.
102. An informal term for a father.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

1. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
2. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
3. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
4. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
5. Again but in a new or different way.
6. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
7. Informal terms for a mother.
8. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
9. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
10. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
11. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
12. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
13. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
14. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
15. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. The brightest star in Scorpius.
23. (Christianity) Saved from the bondage of sin.
27. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
33. An informal term for a father.
36. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
37. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
39. A salt or ester of acetic acid.
40. Properly earned or deserved.
41. Be earlier in time.
43. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
44. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
45. An antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus.
47. A strong cord v 1.
48. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
52. Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal.
53. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
60. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
62. Offering little or no hope.
64. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
68. A genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand.
69. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
72. Crested screamers.
73. A genus of Reduviidae.
74. Not of long duration.
75. Drained of energy or effectiveness.
76. Gone by.
78. A farm where dairy products are produced.
80. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
82. A genus of Lamnidae.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
84. Jordan's port.
86. Pulled or drawn tight.
87. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
88. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
93. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
97. A state in the western United States.