1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
13. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
16. A tight-fitting headdress.
17. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
18. The closing section of a musical composition.
19. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
20. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
21. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
22. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
23. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
24. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
26. Having winglike extensions.
27. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
28. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
29. English monk and scholar (672-735).
30. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
31. The most widely spoken Bantu languages.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
38. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
43. Work doggedly or persistently.
44. A Mid-Atlantic state.
47. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
48. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
50. A person who habitually pretends to be something he is not.
52. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
55. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
57. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
58. A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.
60. The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
61. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
62. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
63. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
64. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
66. A public promotion of some product or service.
67. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
68. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
70. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
72. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
74. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
75. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.
77. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
80. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
82. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
83. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
86. French surgeon and biologist who developed a way to suture and graft blood vessels (1873-1944).
89. 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.
92. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
94. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
98. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
101. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
102. A genus of Ploceidae.
103. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
104. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
105. Being one more than fifty.

1. Sour or bitter in taste.
2. Greek mythology.
3. The unlimited 3-dimensional expanse in which everything is located.
4. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
7. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
8. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
9. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
10. A partly sheltered anchorage.
11. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
12. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
13. Any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language.
14. An alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon.
15. A populous province in northeastern China.
25. The sixth month of the civil year.
28. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
32. Shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.
34. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
35. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
36. (Christianity) In danger of the eternal punishment of hell.
39. The brightest star in Ursa Minor.
40. High status importance owing to marked superiority.
41. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
42. An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito.
44. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
45. Surpass in speed.
46. The father of your father or mother.
49. A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor.
51. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
53. Thin-shelled freshwater mussels.
54. A pass between mountain peaks.
56. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
59. Of or in or relating to the nose.
65. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
69. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
70. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
71. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
73. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
74. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
76. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
78. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
79. A large number or amount.
81. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
82. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
84. Avatar of Vishnu.
85. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
87. Very dark black.
88. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
90. A small piece of cloth.
91. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
93. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
97. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
99. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
100. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.