1. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves.
9. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A sign of something about to happen.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
21. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
22. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. Before noon.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
32. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
33. A kind of person.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
38. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
40. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
44. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
46. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
54. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
56. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
60. Large pan for washing dishes.
63. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
65. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
66. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
67. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
68. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
69. Elk or moose.
70. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
72. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
73. A doctor's degree in religion.
74. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
77. Affect with wonder.
82. Genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus.
86. An unwholesome atmosphere.
89. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
92. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
94. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
95. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
96. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).
98. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
99. European shad.
101. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
103. A light touch or stroke.
104. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
105. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
106. A Loloish language.
107. Used of a single unit or thing.

1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. Chief port of Yemen.
3. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
4. City in central Iran.
5. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
9. A baroque musical composition (usually for a keyboard instrument) with full chords and rapid elaborate runs in a rhythmically free style.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. Tropical prawns.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
26. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
28. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
29. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
31. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
35. A soft tufted cord used in embroidery.
37. A very light brown.
39. Small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes.
41. Rapid and indistinct speech.
42. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
43. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
45. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
47. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
48. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
53. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
55. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
57. (British) Your grandmother.
58. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
61. German biologist and philosopher.
62. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
64. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
71. Excellent and delightful in all respects.
72. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
75. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
76. The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas.
78. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
79. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
80. The basic monetary unit of Portugal.
81. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
83. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
84. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
85. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
87. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
88. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
90. Full of zest or vigor.
91. (informal) Very tired.
93. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
97. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
100. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
102. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.