1. Metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. Any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals).
12. A sudden very loud noise.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
18. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
19. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Any plant of the genus Eryngium.
24. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
29. Australian clover fern.
31. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
35. A songbook containing a collection of hymns.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
47. Lessened sensitivity to odors.
50. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
51. (anatomy) Any structure that resembles a horn in shape.
53. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
54. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
55. A member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi.
59. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
60. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
62. Affectedly trendy.
63. Made of wood of the aspen tree n.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
67. The German state.
69. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
70. At or constituting a border or edge.
72. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
75. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
78. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
80. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
81. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
84. A public promotion of some product or service.
85. Tangled in a dense mass.
88. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
89. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
91. Very slow in tempo and broad in manner n.
92. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
93. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
95. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
98. A quantity that is added.
99. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
100. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
101. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
102. Other than what is under consideration or implied.

1. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
2. A drama set to music.
3. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
4. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
7. Any system of principles or beliefs.
8. Wait in hiding to attack.
9. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
10. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
11. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
12. Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars.
13. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
14. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
15. Humble request for help.
21. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
23. United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970).
27. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
28. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
30. A doctor's degree in optometry.
33. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
36. A woman sahib.
37. Disparaging terms for small people.
38. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
39. Hermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom.
41. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
42. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
43. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
44. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.
46. French anthropologist who studied the craniums and brains of different races of people.
48. Flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food v 1.
49. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
52. A city in the European part of Russia.
56. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
57. Depleted of strength or energy.
58. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
64. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
66. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
68. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
71. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
73. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
74. Being or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars.
76. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
77. The largest Greek island in the Mediterranean.
79. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
82. A neutral middle vowel.
83. A French abbot.
84. An uproarious party.
86. Armor plate that protects the chest.
87. Having finished or arrived at completion.
90. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
94. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
96. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
97. An honorary degree in science.