1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. Type genus of the Canidae.
9. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. Cause to be embarrassed.
18. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. Used of a single unit or thing.
20. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
21. A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second.
22. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.
24. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
26. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
27. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
29. An embarrassing mistake.
32. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
33. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
36. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
38. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
41. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. All the animal life in a particular region.
44. A preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing.
45. A Russian river.
46. Fail to keep or to maintain.
48. (formal) Ordinary and not refined.
51. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
52. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
53. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
54. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
57. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
59. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
62. A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Songhai people in Mali and Niger.
64. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
67. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
70. Not final or absolute.
71. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
73. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
75. Plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office.
78. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
80. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
81. A Hindu theistic philosophy.
85. These words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
88. Popular music originating in the West Indies.
90. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
92. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
93. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
94. Lower in esteem.
96. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
99. (Irish) The sea personified.
100. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
101. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
102. The habitation of wild animals.

1. A blemish made by dirt.
2. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
3. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
4. A genus of Psittacidae.
5. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
6. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
7. A small island.
8. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Before noon.
11. Humorously vulgar.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
13. A custom among some peoples whereby the husband of a pregnant wife is put to bed at the time of bearing the child.
14. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
15. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
23. Any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus.
25. A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans.
28. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
30. The head of the golf club that strikes the ball.
31. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard.
34. Gray foxes.
35. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. The capital of Tajikistan.
39. A native or inhabitant of Vietnam.
40. Warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female.
43. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
47. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
49. A farewell remark.
50. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
55. A state in the eastern United States.
56. The boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul.
58. United States parapsychologist (1895-1980).
63. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
65. Considerate and solicitous care.
66. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
68. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
69. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
72. An informal debt instrument.
74. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
76. United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987).
77. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
79. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
82. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
83. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
84. The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal).
86. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
87. Very dark black.
89. An associate degree in applied science.
91. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. An associate degree in nursing.
97. 1/1000 gram.
98. A public promotion of some product or service.