1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
13. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
19. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
20. Of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants).
22. A permanent council of the United Nations.
24. (British) Your grandmother.
25. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
26. King of Wessex.
29. A New England state.
31. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
33. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
35. A resource.
40. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
45. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
47. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
52. (informal) Of the highest quality.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
57. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
59. Someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed.
61. Refuse to acknowledge.
64. A teeming multitude.
65. Whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball.
66. Foul with waste matter.
67. Again but in a new or different way.
68. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
69. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
70. The third month of the civil year.
72. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
74. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
75. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
84. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
87. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
90. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
91. The capital of Malta.
94. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
95. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
96. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
98. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
99. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
100. Of or in or relating to the nose.
101. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
102. Either extremity of something that has length.

1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. (informal) Very tired.
3. 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.
4. 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).
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
9. A straight line connecting two points on a curve.
10. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery).
11. Of or at or relating to an anode.
12. The last (12th) month of the year.
13. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
14. Speaking a Slavic language.
15. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
21. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
23. A radioactive transuranic element.
27. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
28. A holy war by Muslims against unbelievers.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
34. Marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
38. A port city is southern Indonesia.
39. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
43. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
44. The mountain peak that Noah's ark landed on as the waters of the great flood receded.
46. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
48. A chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks.
49. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant.
54. Very light colored.
55. French engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower (1832-1923).
58. A hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck.
60. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
62. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
63. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
71. Capital of Armenia.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. Of an instrument of certain death.
76. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
77. Bringing death.
78. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
79. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
80. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
81. The eleventh month of the civil year.
82. God of love and erotic desire.
83. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
85. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
86. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
88. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
89. In bed.
92. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
93. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
97. An associate degree in nursing.