1. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. Lacking mirth.
12. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
15. A rapid bustling commotion.
16. A drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
17. The longest division of geological time.
18. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
19. Hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike.
20. A telegram sent abroad.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
24. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
25. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
26. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
28. Clarified butter used in Indian cookery.
30. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
32. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
42. A young woman making her debut into society.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
46. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
48. The first month of the civil year.
50. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
51. A city in east central Texas.
53. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
54. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
56. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
58. Unfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition.
61. A fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving.
62. A cry or shout of approval.
65. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
67. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
68. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
70. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
71. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
75. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
76. A change for the better.
80. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
81. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
83. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
84. Serving as an essential component.
85. A battle during the American Revolutionary War (1777).
86. The residue that remains when something is burned.

1. An island of central Hawaii.
2. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
3. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
4. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
5. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. Tropical Asian starlings.
8. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
9. A person who lacks good judgment.
10. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
11. The last (12th) month of the year.
12. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
13. A commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River.
14. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
27. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
29. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
31. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
33. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one).
34. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
35. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
37. The capital of Western Samoa.
38. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
40. That is to say.
41. The sound made by corvine birds.
43. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
45. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
47. A person to whom money is paid.
49. Spoken as if with a thick tongue.
52. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence).
57. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
59. A starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy.
60. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
63. Divide by two. divide into halves.
64. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
66. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
69. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
72. Fallow deer.
73. Type genus of the Anatidae.
74. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
77. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
78. Remaining after all deductions.
79. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
82. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.