1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. 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).
8. In or of the present month.
12. Type genus of the Apidae.
16. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
17. The capital and largest city of Norway.
18. A star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process.
19. A boy or man.
20. A town in north central Oklahoma.
22. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
24. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
25. A city in east central Texas.
26. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
28. Of or related to a musical scale.
30. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
32. An informal term for a father.
34. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
37. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
42. Informal terms for a mother.
43. With rapid movements.
44. English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817).
47. Extremely robust.
48. Continuing at full strength or intensity.
53. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
54. A shape that sags.
55. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
56. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
58. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
61. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
62. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
63. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
65. Large Indian antelope.
67. Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel.
68. A region of northeastern Italy on the Adriatic.
70. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
72. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
73. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
76. The hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn.
79. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
80. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
82. A member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California.
86. (of eggs) No longer edible.
89. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
91. Seed of a pea plant.
92. A large quantity of written matter.
96. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
97. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
98. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
99. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
100. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

1. A large number or amount.
2. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
3. The brightest star in Virgo.
4. An uproarious party.
5. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
6. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
7. Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food.
8. Chief god of the Rig-Veda.
9. A canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse).
10. A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
11. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
12. A book of the New Testament.
13. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
15. The complete duration of something.
21. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii).
27. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
29. A state in midwestern United States.
31. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
33. (Welsh) Underworld god.
35. Honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in "professor emeritus".
36. Unpleasant wetness.
38. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
39. A final climactic stage.
40. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
41. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
45. An advantageous purchase.
46. A small tower extending above a building.
49. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
50. Of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible.
51. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
52. New Guinea echidnas.
57. The smallest of the four main islands of Japan.
59. English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape.
60. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
64. A young woman making her debut into society.
66. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
69. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
71. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
75. A woman of refinement.
77. Become less tense.
78. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
81. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
83. The basic unit of money in Cambodia.
84. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
85. God of love and erotic desire.
87. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
88. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
90. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
93. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
94. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
95. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.