1. An informal term for a father.
4. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
9. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
13. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
18. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine.
24. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
29. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
31. A kiln for drying hops.
33. A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait and Southern Yemen and Yemen.
34. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
39. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
42. The light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball.
46. A state in midwestern United States.
47. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
49. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
51. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
52. A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.
53. (Scandinavian folklore) A supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains v 1.
54. Of or in or relating to the nose.
57. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
58. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
60. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
61. Heighten or intensify.
63. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
66. A New England state.
67. Before noon.
68. With superficial adornments added.
71. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
74. A city and port in northern Jutland.
76. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
78. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
80. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
81. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
82. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
84. Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured v 1.
88. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
92. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
93. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
94. Type genus of the Amiidae.
96. The month following September and preceding November.
97. Related by blood.
98. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
99. Young sheep.
100. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. A young woman making her debut into society.
4. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
5. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
6. 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.
7. Squash bugs.
8. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
9. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
12. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
13. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
14. By bad luck.
15. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
21. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
23. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
25. A gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid.
28. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
30. A master's degree in fine arts.
32. Timely convenience.
35. A country person.
36. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
37. American novelist (1909-1955).
38. Clover ferns.
40. Situated between the earth and the moon.
41. Sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching).
43. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
44. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
45. Of or being the lowest female voice.
48. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
50. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
55. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
56. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
59. Of or relating to the feet.
62. Of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language.
64. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
65. Used of pens.
69. A sudden forceful flow.
70. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
72. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
73. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
75. 1 species.
77. The capital city of Vietnam.
79. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
83. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
85. Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
86. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
87. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
89. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
90. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
91. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
95. Informal terms for a mother.