Crossword Puzzle Number 1437 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
5. A whimsically eccentric person.
13. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
17. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
18. (formal) By means of this.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
20. The environmental condition.
21. Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres.
22. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
24. Enclosed in a basin.
27. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
29. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Aztec people.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A state in north central United States.
38. Soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants.
41. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A river in eastern France.
48. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
49. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
51. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
54. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
55. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
56. Concluding state of pregnancy.
58. Encountered generally especially at the present time.
59. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
61. Get or find back.
63. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
65. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
66. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
67. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
70. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
72. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
74. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
77. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
80. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
84. Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC.
86. A merchant who sells men's clothing.
90. Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds.
91. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
94. Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931).
95. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
98. A large quantity of written matter.
99. Most important element.
100. (15th-16th century) A flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches.
101. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
3. Not set afire or burning.
4. A sudden short attack.
5. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
6. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
7. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
8. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
9. A festival featuring African-American culture.
10. Measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube.
11. Terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia.
12. A doctor's degree in theology.
13. The ninth month of the civil year.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832).
16. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
25. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
30. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
32. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
35. The basic unit of money in Venezuela.
36. Always the same.
37. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
39. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
40. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
42. A tributary of the Rhine.
43. Soft creamy white cheese.
45. Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras.
47. A city in northern India.
50. British composer (1857-1934).
52. Make numb or insensitive.
53. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
57. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
60. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
62. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
64. Of or relating to Galileo or his works.
68. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
69. Not having the surface treated or coated with sizing.
70. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
71. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
73. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
75. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
76. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
78. The sacred city of Lamaism.
79. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
80. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
81. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
85. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
87. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
88. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
89. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
92. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
93. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
96. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
97. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.

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