1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
8. A French abbot.
12. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
16. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
17. An extravagantly enthusiastic review.
18. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
19. A quantity of no importance.
20. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
21. 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.
22. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
23. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
24. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
26. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
28. A Bantu language spoken in the coastal regions of eastern Kenya.
30. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
32. A flexible container with a single opening.
34. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
35. A procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
42. Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles.
43. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
49. A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands.
50. Filaments from a cobweb.
52. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
55. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
56. (trademark) An antacid.
58. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
59. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
61. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
64. The perception that something has occurred or some state exists.
66. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
67. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
68. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
69. A public promotion of some product or service.
70. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
73. Morning glory.
74. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
76. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
79. Turned or twisted toward one side.
80. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
82. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
83. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
84. A tub in which clothes or linens can be washed.
88. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
90. 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.
94. How long something has existed.
95. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
98. Basic principles of the cosmos.
100. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
101. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
102. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
104. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
105. The fatty flesh of eel.
106. Jordan's port.
107. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
108. The sign language used in the United States.

1. (heraldry) An ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Being seven more than fifty.
7. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
8. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
9. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
11. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
12. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
13. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
14. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
15. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
25. Type genus of the Corixidae.
27. A Russian river.
29. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
31. One thousandth of a second.
33. Having the shape of a sphere or ball.
36. Clothing for the hands.
37. A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
44. The basic unit of money in China.
45. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
47. A high shoe with laces over the tongue.
48. Occurring every day of the week except Sunday (and sometimes Saturday).
51. The ending of a series or sequence.
53. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
54. Shade within clear boundaries.
57. Being deficient in moisture.
60. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
62. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
63. A country on the island of Jamaica.
65. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
71. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
72. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
75. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
77. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
78. Wool of the alpaca.
79. A small piece of cloth.
81. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
82. Being one more than one.
85. American novelist (1909-1955).
86. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
87. A small cake leavened with yeast.
89. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
91. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
92. A bachelor's degree in music.
93. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
96. A light touch or stroke.
97. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. Adult female chicken.
103. A state in northwestern North America.