1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
8. Among the largest bony fish.
12. Young sheep.
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. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
18. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
19. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
23. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. 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.
28. The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
29. A French abbot.
30. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
31. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
34. The act of using.
36. The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium.
40. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
43. A source of danger.
44. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
49. Relating to or near the ulna.
52. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
53. Before noon.
54. A Nilotic language.
55. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
57. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. Someone who provides food and service (as for a party).
62. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
63. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
64. Being of use or service.
65. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
67. Seed of a pea plant.
68. Chief port of Yemen.
69. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
71. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
73. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
75. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
77. An accountant certified by the state.
79. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
83. A fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy.
87. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
90. A branch of the Tai languages.
91. Having or showing profound knowledge.
94. A master's degree in business.
95. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
96. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
98. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
99. Tag the base runner to get him out.
100. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
101. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
102. Type genus of the Anatidae.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
104. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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 source of oil.
5. Exactly vertical.
6. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
7. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
8. One thousandth of a second.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. Great coolness and composure under strain.
12. Someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
13. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
14. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
15. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
22. Capable of being tamed.
24. Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
26. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. Place a value on.
33. Small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa.
35. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
37. The father of your father or mother.
38. Distance measured in miles.
39. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
45. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
47. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
50. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
51. Any of various juicy purple- or green-skinned fruit of the genus Vitis.
53. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
56. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
58. Made of fir or pine.
61. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
66. Of southern Europe.
70. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
72. A small cake leavened with yeast.
74. A state in northwestern North America.
76. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
78. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
80. A genus of Lamnidae.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. Jordan's port.
84. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
85. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
86. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
88. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
89. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
92. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
93. Ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse.
94. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
97. A metallic element of the rare earth group.