1. A sudden and decisive increase.
5. In bed.
9. A unit of length equal to 3 feet.
13. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
16. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
17. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
18. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
22. The basic monetary unit of Portugal.
24. The basic unit of money in Albania.
25. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
26. Make attractive or lovable.
27. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
33. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
37. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
41. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
45. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. The face of a timepiece.
47. Wild and menacing.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
51. Not in good physical or mental health.
53. Protective garment worn by surgeons during operations.
56. Having leadership guidance.
57. Of or relating to coitus or copulation.
60. Type genus of the Helotiaceae.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
63. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
64. Remove from memory or existence.
65. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
66. A New England state.
67. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
68. Long iron with a nearly vertical face.
70. A farewell remark.
71. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
75. An honorary degree in science.
76. An argument opposed to a proposal.
77. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
82. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
84. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
86. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
90. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
92. Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle.
95. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
96. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
98. Having relatively few calories.
99. The basic unit of money on Malta.
100. A strong emotion.
101. The act of scanning.
102. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
103. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.

1. Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
2. A state in the western United States.
3. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
4. Of or relating to a meal.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Cut the head of.
7. Half the width of an em.
8. A notable achievement.
9. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
10. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
11. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
12. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
13. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
21. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
23. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
28. (botany) Relating to or attached to the axis.
30. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
32. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
34. Severely simple in line or design.
35. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. Great in vertical dimension.
39. Enclosed firmly in a surrounding mass.
40. (Greek mythology) An Athenian inventor who built the Labyrinth of Minos.
42. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
43. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
44. Act or move at high speed.
48. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
52. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
54. (of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves.
55. East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan.
58. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
59. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
61. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
66. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
69. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
72. A card game for 2 players.
73. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
74. The state of existing and being localized in space.
78. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
79. Escape, either physically or mentally.
80. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
81. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
82. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
83. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
85. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
88. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
89. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
91. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
92. A public promotion of some product or service.
93. A resource.
94. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
97. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.