1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. A woman of refinement.
9. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
13. 10 grams.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.
18. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
19. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
20. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
21. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
23. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
25. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
27. A Christian recluse.
29. Produced by a manufacturing process.
30. A card game for 2 players.
32. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
33. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
37. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
41. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
45. Wild and menacing.
46. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
47. Administer or bestow, as in small portions.
50. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
53. Fiddler crabs.
55. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
56. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
59. (used of hair) Neat and tidy.
61. Devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence.
63. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
66. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
67. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
68. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana people in Botswana.
71. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
72. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
73. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
74. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
76. Parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates.
79. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
83. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
86. United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965).
88. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
89. An accidental happening.
93. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
94. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
95. Make editorial changes (in a text).
97. The seed of the cereal grass.
98. How long something has existed.
99. Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves.
100. A city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan.
101. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A mechanical device used for dicing food.
7. Prevent the occurrence of.
8. A noisy riotous fight.
9. United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960).
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
22. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
24. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
26. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
28. The bill in a restaurant.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A narrow street with walls on both sides.
35. A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows.
36. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
38. Studies of the formation of basic linguistic units.
39. Annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles.
40. Inflammation of the ileum.
42. (boxing) A blow with the fist.
43. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
44. Make a splashing sound.
48. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic.
49. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
54. A state in northwestern North America.
57. State in northeastern India.
58. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
60. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
62. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
64. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
65. Common Indian weaverbird.
69. Give a promotion to.
70. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
71. A noisy riotous fight.
75. Not airtight.
77. Metal shackles.
78. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
80. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
81. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
82. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
84. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
85. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
87. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
90. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
91. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
92. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
96. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.