1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
9. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
17. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
18. Type genus of the Amiidae.
19. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
20. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
21. Liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice.
22. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
23. A castrated tomcat.
24. Speaking a Slavic language.
26. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
28. Affect with wonder.
30. Lacking or having only very short awns.
32. Having or using two filaments.
34. Move from one place to another.
38. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
39. Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
43. The sacred city of Lamaism.
47. United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926).
49. Dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality.
51. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
52. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
53. Be earlier in time.
55. Small branch or division of a branch.
56. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
57. Informal terms for a mother.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
60. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
65. Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil.
67. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
68. A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful.
69. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
70. The seventh month of the civil year.
72. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
75. A knapsack (usually for a soldier).
77. Having or involving the use of hands.
79. Golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs.
81. Expressing pain or agony.
85. (informal) Of the highest quality.
86. A workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine).
88. A landlocked republic in central Africa.
89. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
90. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
91. A European river.
93. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
94. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
95. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
96. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
97. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
98. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
4. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
5. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
6. The third month of the civil year.
7. Perfume esp. with a censer.
8. (Irish) God of love and beauty.
9. A special way of doing something.
10. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
11. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
12. (Middle Eastern) Small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds.
13. Of or relating to alga.
14. 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani.
15. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
25. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
29. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
31. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
33. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
35. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
36. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
37. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
40. Water frozen in the solid state.
41. The chief mountain range of western North America.
42. Similar to the color of fresh grass.
44. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination.
45. The smallest of the four main islands of Japan.
46. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
48. Rate of revolution of a motor.
50. Full of longing or unfulfilled desire.
54. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
61. Thought to be devoid of risk.
62. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
63. The positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm.
64. An interpreter and guide in the Near East.
66. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
71. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
73. Someone who admires a young woman.
74. A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
76. Small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae.
78. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
80. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
82. An unforeseen obstacle.
83. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
84. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
87. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
92. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.