Crossword Puzzle Number 1515 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. (printing) A short line at the end of the main strokes of a character.
9. Related to or located at the back.
13. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
16. The branch of information science that deals with natural language information.
17. Administer an oil or ointment to.
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
20. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
21. A sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California.
22. Become active.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
29. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
31. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
32. A unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter.
35. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
37. Hit hard.
41. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
46. An assertion of a right (as to money or property).
47. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
49. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
50. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
51. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
53. Mollusk with a low conical shell.
55. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
56. In bed.
58. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
60. (of a bed) Not having the sheets and blankets set in order.
63. The month following August and preceding October.
64. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
65. Necessary for relief or supply.
66. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
68. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color.
71. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
72. Jordan's port.
74. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
77. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
80. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
83. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia.
89. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
90. A reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South).
92. An electronic pulse counter used to count pulses that occur too rapidly to be recorded individually.
94. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
95. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
96. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
98. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
99. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
100. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
101. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
102. Fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
2. Divulge information or secrets.
3. An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration.
4. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
5. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
6. Elude, esp. in a baffling way.
7. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
8. An agricultural laborer in Arab countries.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. A state in northwestern North America.
11. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
12. Supporting yourself on your knees.
13. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
14. Soft creamy white cheese.
15. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
23. Without speed.
25. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
27. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
30. Wish harm upon.
33. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. Italian anatomist who was the first to use a microscope to study anatomy and was among the first to recognize cells in animals (1628-1694).
38. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
39. Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
40. Be earlier in time.
42. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
43. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
48. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
52. Baby bed with high sides.
54. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line.
57. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
59. (trademark) An acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns.
61. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
62. 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.
67. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
68. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
69. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
70. Intravenous beta blocker (trade name Brevibloc) that acts for only a short time.
71. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
73. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
75. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
76. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
78. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
79. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
84. The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.
85. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
87. One thousandth of a second.
88. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
91. A period of time spent sleeping.
93. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
97. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.

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