1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. A shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically.
9. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
13. A doctor's degree in education.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
18. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
19. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. Dearly loved.
23. Used especially in treating bruises.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
27. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
28. Not taken into account.
29. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. Make reference to.
33. Inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense.
36. Pasta in the form of slender tubes.
42. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
43. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
46. Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852).
48. A French abbot.
49. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
51. Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925).
55. Having a long narrow cut.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
58. Being nine more than ninety.
60. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
61. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
63. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
64. Commercially important fish of the North American Pacific coast.
66. A state in northwestern North America.
67. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
71. North American water snakes.
74. A program for a race meeting.
77. Squash bugs.
78. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
79. A state in midwestern United States.
82. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
84. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
89. A port and tourist center in southwestern Italy.
91. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
93. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
94. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
95. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
97. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
99. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
100. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
101. God of wealth and love.
102. Chief port of Yemen.
103. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.

1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Some point in the air.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
7. Not often.
8. A town in north central Oklahoma.
9. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
10. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
11. Whiten with Blanco.
12. The excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses).
13. Selected as the best.
14. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
15. Two items of the same kind.
22. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
24. Small personal or clothing or sewing items.
26. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
34. Like a baby especially in dependence.
35. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
37. A signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of Parliament were condemned and abhorred.
38. A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.
39. Located in or toward the back or rear.
40. Sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders.
41. Type and sole genus of the Clethraceae.
44. Offering fun and gaiety.
47. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
50. Inferior in rank or status.
54. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
57. One million periods per second.
59. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
62. Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921).
65. An ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about.
68. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
72. Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco.
73. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
75. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
76. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
80. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC.
81. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
83. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
85. Highly excited.
86. Type genus of the Ranidae.
87. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
90. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
92. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
93. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
96. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
98. Half the width of an em.