1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
12. A thrusting blow with a knife.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Dwell (archaic).
18. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
19. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
22. Not in action or at work.
23. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
31. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
33. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
36. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
40. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
41. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
44. Being nine more than forty.
45. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
47. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
49. Being six more than ninety.
51. A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile).
54. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
55. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
56. Blood-sucking African fly.
58. Kindly endorsement and guidance.
62. Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs.
63. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
64. In or to a place that is lower.
65. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
66. American politician and lawyer.
68. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
72. A state in midwestern United States.
74. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
75. Copy that is not the original.
78. A lightweight triangular scarf worn by a woman.
81. The cry made by sheep.
84. Tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs.
87. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
89. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
90. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
91. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
92. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
94. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
97. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
98. Small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests.
99. An informal term for a father.
100. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.

1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. Enchanter's nightshade.
6. The content of cognition.
7. A decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody.
8. The largest Chilean island and the only one to be settled.
9. Filled with a great quantity.
10. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
11. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
12. Type of the Scolopacidae.
13. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
14. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
15. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
30. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
32. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
34. Oldest known reptiles.
35. A supporter who accepts something as true.
37. take exception to.
38. (of time) Constituting the full extent or duration.
39. Sloping channel through which things can descend.
42. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
43. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
46. The basic unit of money in Peru.
48. In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.
50. Lying in the same plane.
52. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
57. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
59. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
60. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy.
61. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
67. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
70. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
71. Large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America.
73. Prepared by cutting.
76. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
77. Colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long.
79. In the Roman calendar.
80. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
82. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
83. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
85. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
86. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
88. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
93. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
95. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
96. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.