Crossword Puzzle Number 1464 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969).
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
9. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. Rotary motion of an object around its own axis.
17. Great merriment.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
20. State in northeastern India.
21. Any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers.
23. South African term for `boss'.
25. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A soft whitish calcite.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
32. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
34. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
36. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
43. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
45. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
46. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
48. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
50. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
51. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
53. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
55. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
56. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
58. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.
60. Similar or related in quality or character.
63. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
64. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
65. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
67. To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (esp. when struggling).
69. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
71. Related on the mother's side.
74. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
75. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.
77. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
79. Family based on male descent.
80. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
83. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
84. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
87. An informal term for a father.
88. Be in contradiction with.
89. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
93. A state of dishonor.
96. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
97. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
99. Rate of revolution of a motor.
100. The last (12th) month of the year.
101. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
103. Combining form.
105. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
106. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
107. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
108. Being precisely fitting and right.
109. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. Taken or to be taken at random.
2. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
3. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
4. A lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
7. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
8. (of the more skilled contestants) Selectively arranged in the draw for position a tournament so that they meet each other in later rounds.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
10. Possessing life.
11. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
12. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
13. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
22. A deep bow.
24. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. In a flippant manner.
33. A gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence).
35. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. The basic unit of money in China.
38. Eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms.
39. Marked by or paying little heed or attention.
42. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
44. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
47. Related on the father's side.
49. Russian country house.
52. A federally chartered savings bank.
54. A genus of Mustelidae.
57. Of warm coasts from Australia to Asia.
59. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
61. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
62. Large Indian antelope.
66. A revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake.
68. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
70. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
72. Understood in a certain way.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
76. Gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps.
78. Jutting or overhanging.
81. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
82. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
85. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
86. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
90. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
91. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
92. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
94. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
95. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
98. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
102. A state in northwestern North America.
104. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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