1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. African mahogany trees.
9. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
13. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. An Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
20. The bill in a restaurant.
21. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
22. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
23. Used in combination to denote the middle.
24. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
26. An upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling).
28. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. The compass point midway between south and west.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Type genus of the Laridae.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
45. Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
48. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
52. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
53. A card game for 2 players.
55. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
57. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
59. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
60. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
62. Moderate in type or degree or effect or force.
65. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
66. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
67. Or or related to the synthetic phase of metabolism.
69. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
73. (Irish) God of the sea.
78. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
81. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
82. Relating to or associated with Arabia or its people.
86. Tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas.
87. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
88. French general who became Emperor of the French (1769-1821).
90. A formation of people or things one beside another.
91. Term of address for a man.
93. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
95. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
96. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
97. A formal expression of praise.
98. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
99. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.

1. Informal terms for a meal.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
3. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
4. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
5. A pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water.
6. The products of human creativity.
7. Not only so, but.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
10. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
11. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
12. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
13. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
14. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
15. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
25. A large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders.
27. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns.
29. A situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad).
31. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
32. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
33. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
36. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
38. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
39. A breed of dairy cattle from northern Holland.
40. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
41. The act of grasping.
43. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) v 1.
46. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
47. Covered with paving material.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
51. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
54. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
56. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
61. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
63. A member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
64. A state of readiness to respond.
68. Strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
70. An associate degree in nursing.
71. A ceremonial procession including people marching.
72. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
74. Strong and sharp.
75. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
76. Wife of Balder.
77. Greek mythology.
78. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
79. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
80. Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat.
83. Brought into existence.
84. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
85. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
89. Tag the base runner to get him out.
92. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
94. The 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.