1. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
5. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
16. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
17. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
18. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
19. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
20. A festival featuring African-American culture.
22. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. Transient cessation of respiration.
26. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
28. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
30. Weapons considered collectively.
32. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America.
34. The square of a body of any size of type.
36. Being one more than two.
37. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
40. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
44. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
46. 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.
47. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
48. A doctor's degree in optometry.
50. A salt or ester of maleic acid.
51. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
53. African mahogany trees.
56. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
57. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
59. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
62. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
63. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
64. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
65. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
67. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
69. A large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach.
71. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.
74. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
75. Avatar of Vishnu.
78. The sound made by corvine birds.
80. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
83. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
86. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
90. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
91. (prefix) Within.
92. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
94. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
95. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
96. Make less active or intense.
100. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
101. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
102. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
103. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
104. An informal term for a father.

1. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
2. Make a raucous noise.
3. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
4. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
7. A state in New England.
8. A vigorous blow.
9. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
10. 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.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
13. The capital of Morocco.
14. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
21. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
23. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
27. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
29. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
31. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
35. A member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona.
38. British playwright (1911-1977).
39. Consider as ideal.
41. A net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in.
42. One of two official languages of Norway.
43. The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal.
45. French painter best known for his satirical lithographs of bourgeois society (1808-1879).
49. Two items of the same kind.
52. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
54. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
55. Low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea.
58. Lesser pandas.
60. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
61. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
66. A genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees.
68. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
70. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
72. Relating to or near the radius.
73. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
76. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
77. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
79. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
81. A sudden short attack.
82. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
84. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
85. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
87. Toward the mouth or oral region.
88. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
89. In bed.
93. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
97. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
98. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
99. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.