1. A republic in central Europe.
4. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
9. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
13. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
16. (Irish) The sea personified.
17. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
18. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
19. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
20. Relating to or demonstrating acapnia.
22. (slang) A batch of things that go together.
23. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
25. Fill to satisfaction.
27. Riding without a saddle.
29. French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953).
32. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
33. Has cams attached to it.
36. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
37. An accidental happening.
39. Squash bugs.
40. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
45. A heavy precious metallic element.
46. Commodities offered for sale.
47. 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.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
52. Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature).
54. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
56. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
57. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
59. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
62. Small genus of mediterranean shrubs.
64. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
66. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
67. Small Asian deer with small antlers and a cry like a bark.
71. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
72. Milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta.
74. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
76. Made of or resembling lace.
77. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
78. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
79. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
81. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
83. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
87. Before noon.
88. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
90. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
92. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
93. (informal) Roused to anger.
95. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
97. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
100. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
101. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
3. The mother of your father or mother.
4. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
5. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
6. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
7. An honorary degree in science.
8. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
9. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. Of or relating to or involving an area.
11. Someone making a search or inquiry.
12. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
13. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
14. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
15. Resembling a serpent in form.
21. French painter in the classical style (1594-1665).
26. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
28. A game played with young children.
30. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
31. Oriental moth that produces brownish silk.
34. Be earlier in time.
35. A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing.
38. An elaborate song for solo voice.
41. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
42. Testacean rhizopods.
43. Of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages.
44. Equally distant from the extremes.
50. A town in southeast Iowa.
51. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
53. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
55. Division of a usually pinnately divided leaf.
58. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
63. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
65. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
68. In a natural state.
69. A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico.
70. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
73. Of an instrument of certain death.
75. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
76. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
80. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
82. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
83. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
84. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
85. An unofficial association of people or groups.
86. In bed.
89. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
91. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
94. A person forced to flee from home or country.
96. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
98. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.