1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605).
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
16. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
17. Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC).
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
20. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
22. (Roman Catholic Church) A devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days.
24. A small lump or protuberance.
25. A city of central China.
26. Characteristic of the dawn.
28. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
30. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
31. 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.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
33. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
35. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
36. A republic on the Isthmus of Panama.
40. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
45. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
46. Being or relating to or like a chimera.
48. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
50. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
52. A state in New England.
54. Serving as an essential component.
56. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
59. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
60. Beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary).
61. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
64. A Russian river.
65. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
67. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
69. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
70. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne.
74. With no effort to conceal.
75. Clear to the mind.
76. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
77. Appeal or request earnestly.
79. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
86. A local computer network for communication between computers.
87. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
89. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
92. Black tropical American cuckoo.
93. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896).
94. An informal term for a father.
95. A master's degree in business.
96. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
97. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
98. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
99. Extremely pleasing.

1. A bottomless gulf or pit.
2. A conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic "Reynard the Fox".
3. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
4. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
5. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
6. The absence of matter.
7. Being nine more than ninety.
8. An image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves).
9. Covered with a firm surface.
10. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
11. A person who eats human flesh.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. A high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line.
14. Exactly vertical.
15. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
21. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
23. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
27. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
29. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
34. Robber flies.
37. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
38. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
39. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
41. Put into a proper or systematic order.
42. A sudden short attack.
43. A law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law.
44. Maintain or assert.
47. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
49. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
51. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
53. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
55. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
57. A human limb.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
62. Freetail bats.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
67. Being nine more than ninety.
68. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
71. Used of locations.
72. A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit.
73. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
78. A narrow way or road.
80. A primeval personification of air and breath.
81. A master's degree in library science.
82. A quantity of no importance.
83. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
85. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
88. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
90. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
91. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.