1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
12. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
16. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
17. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
18. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
19. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
20. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
21. Cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair.
23. Put into a rage.
24. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
26. God of fire.
27. The site of an archeological exploration.
28. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
29. Make attractive or lovable.
31. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
40. Collect or gather.
45. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
46. Any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny.
48. Behave carelessly or indifferently.
49. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
50. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
53. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia).
54. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
56. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
59. United States poet (1892-1950).
60. Being one more than one hundred.
61. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
62. American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814).
63. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
64. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
67. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
69. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
72. A white trivalent metallic element.
74. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
75. Before noon.
78. Lac purified by heating and filtering.
81. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
83. One of the three Furies.
85. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
88. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
90. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
91. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
93. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
95. Being one more than two.
96. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
97. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
98. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
99. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.

1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. (in Scotland) A child.
3. An atom having a valence of one.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
6. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
7. A song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation).
8. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
9. The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue.
10. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
11. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
12. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
13. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
14. At or constituting a border or edge.
15. An intuitive awareness.
22. An edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon.
25. Small tadpole-shaped cold-water fishes with pelvic fins forming a sucker.
30. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
32. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
34. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
35. A populous province in northeastern China.
37. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
38. Small genus of chiefly American herbs.
39. Absent-minded dreaming while awake.
41. A square hole made to receive a tenon and so to form a joint.
42. With playful slyness or roguishness.
43. A disease of poultry.
44. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
47. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
51. A sudden short attack.
52. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
55. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
57. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
58. An island in the Persian Gulf.
66. State in northeastern India.
68. Made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization.
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
71. A cry of sorrow and grief.
73. Relating to or used in chemistry.
76. A light informal meal.
77. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
79. Any plant of the genus Erica.
80. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
81. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
82. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
83. A public promotion of some product or service.
84. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
86. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
87. Being two more than ninety.
89. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
92. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
94. A Mid-Atlantic state.