Crossword Puzzle Number 1311 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
4. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
9. One thousandth of a second.
13. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
22. A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification.
24. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
25. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
26. Large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. Thrust or throw into.
32. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
36. English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840).
40. The state of being unsure of something.
41. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
44. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
45. A city in northern India.
48. The short low gruff noise of the kind made by pigs.
49. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
50. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
51. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
54. Fill to satisfaction.
55. Type genus of the Anatidae.
57. Store in a silo, as of fodder.
59. A person of subnormal intelligence.
61. Type genus of the Nepidae.
62. Imperial moths.
63. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
64. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
65. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
66. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
68. (Japanese) Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed.
70. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
71. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
74. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
75. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
78. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
81. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
83. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
84. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
86. A genus of Ploceidae.
88. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
92. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
94. God of death.
96. Chief port of Yemen.
97. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
98. An incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right).
99. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
100. Tasting sour like a lemon.
101. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
102. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
103. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
104. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.

DOWN

1. An informal term for a father.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. Mentally healthy.
4. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
5. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
6. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
7. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
8. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
9. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
10. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
11. The membrane in the ear that vibrates to sound.
12. A byproduct of inflammation.
13. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
21. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
23. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
27. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
29. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
31. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. A dull and listless state resulting from weariness.
34. Coarse jute fabric.
35. The capital and largest city of Greece.
37. A liquid solution that results from elution.
38. A genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae.
39. Quality of coming late or later in time.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. The ossicle attached to the eardrum.
46. A cry or shout of approval.
47. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
52. German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846).
53. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
56. An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa).
58. A white trivalent metallic element.
60. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
67. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
69. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
70. (Middle East) Usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling.
72. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
73. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
76. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
77. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
79. The topmost one of two.
80. A mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.
82. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
85. A French abbot.
87. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
89. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
90. A student who studies excessively.
91. (prefix) Within.
93. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
95. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.

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