Crossword Puzzle Number 1514 (Large Grid)

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1. A boy or man.
4. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
9. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
13. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
16. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
17. The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time.
18. Absent without permission.
19. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
20. Make unwanted and intrusive comments.
22. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
24. Late time of life.
25. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
26. Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
28. Jordan's port.
30. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
31. That is to say.
32. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
36. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
37. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
42. Disparaging terms for the common people.
45. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. 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.
49. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
50. Set down according to a plan.
51. (prefix) Outside or outer.
53. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
54. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
57. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
59. Colloquial British abbreviation.
60. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
62. The leader of an Arab village or family.
64. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
66. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
67. On, to, or at the top.
68. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
69. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
71. Large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind.
73. Herbs, shrubs and trees.
75. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
77. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
79. A person who practices masturbation.
81. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
83. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
85. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
92. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
95. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
96. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
98. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
100. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
101. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
102. (informal) Exceptionally good.
104. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
105. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
106. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
107. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
108. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. The cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten.
2. The capital of Western Samoa.
3. The act of beginning something new.
4. A curved oriental saber.
5. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
6. An implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish.
7. Before noon.
8. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
9. Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco.
10. Distant in either space or time.
11. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
12. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
13. Large scissors with strong blades.
14. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
15. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
21. Type genus of the Blattidae.
23. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
27. Gather, as of as crops.
29. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
33. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. Genus of puffballs having outer casings whose upper parts break at maturity into angular pieces to expose the spores.
38. Golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs.
39. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
40. An expressway in a German-speaking country.
41. A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation.
43. Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal).
44. A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents.
46. Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages.
52. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.
55. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
56. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
58. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
61. An ancient area on the Ionian Sea that flourished as a kingdom in the 3rd century BC.
63. A festival featuring African-American culture.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
70. A streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode.
72. Informal terms for money.
73. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
74. Half the width of an em.
78. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
80. A white trivalent metallic element.
82. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
84. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
85. 16 ounces.
86. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
87. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
88. A city in northern India.
89. Tropical Asian starlings.
90. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
91. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
93. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
94. God of love and erotic desire.
97. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
98. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
99. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
103. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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