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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
8. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
12. South African term for `boss'.
16. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
17. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
18. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
19. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
20. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
21. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
23. Wear away.
25. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
27. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
29. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
30. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. A member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa.
33. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
36. 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.
38. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
41. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
43. Characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions.
46. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
48. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
50. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
53. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
54. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
55. Unknown god.
57. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
61. Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
62. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
64. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
67. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
68. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
70. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
71. (surgery) Tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient.
73. External parts of the female genitalia.
75. 16 ounces.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
77. A state in midwestern United States.
79. 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.
81. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
86. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
90. Diapsid reptiles.
92. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
94. The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
95. Speaking a Slavic language.
96. 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).
98. A Loloish language.
99. Noisy talk.
100. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
101. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
102. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. Tall tender clumping bamboos.
5. Black tropical American cuckoo.
6. Black tea grown in China.
7. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
8. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
9. The capital of Morocco.
10. Being one more than one hundred.
11. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
12. Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936).
13. Squash bugs.
14. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
15. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
22. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
24. Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
26. Of or at or relating to an anode.
28. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
32. Any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556.
34. A persistent attacker.
35. An island northwest of Wales.
37. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
39. Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding.
40. A long slender cigar.
42. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
44. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
51. 1 species.
52. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
56. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
58. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
59. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
65. A skirt consisting of a rectangle of calico or printed cotton.
66. Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions.
69. Divisible by two.
72. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
74. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
75. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
78. Relating to or accompanying birth.
79. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
80. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. A Mid-Atlantic state.
82. A shade of blue tinged with green.
83. Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp.
84. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
85. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
86. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
87. A large quantity of written matter.
88. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
89. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
91. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
93. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
97. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
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