Crossword Puzzle Number 1545 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Informal terms for the mouth.
4. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
9. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. The act of using.
17. (prefix) Within.
18. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
19. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
21. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
23. Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities.
25. French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700).
27. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
28. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
29. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
31. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
33. (Welsh) A warrior god.
34. A bachelor's degree in science.
36. The vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves).
37. Very dark black.
39. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
41. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
43. 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.
45. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
48. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
51. Belonging to some prior time.
52. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
54. Armor plate that protects legs below the knee.
56. An uproarious party.
57. The residue that remains when something is burned.
59. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
65. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
68. Before noon.
70. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
71. Type genus of the Nepidae.
72. Related on the mother's side.
76. An informal term for a father.
78. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
80. A master's degree in business.
83. A Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
87. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
90. Genus of East Indian trees or shrubs.
92. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
93. An iconic mental representation.
95. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
97. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
98. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
99. An extreme state of adversity.
100. United States baseball player (born in 1931).
101. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
102. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
103. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
104. By bad luck.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
2. A genus of European owls.
3. Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels.
4. A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
5. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
7. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
8. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
9. Any of various water-soluble compounds that form by hydrolysis in the digestion of proteins to amino acids.
10. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
11. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
12. Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail.
13. The amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car.
14. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
15. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
22. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
24. Evil or harmful in nature or influence.
26. Any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
30. An executioner who beheads the condemned person.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada.
38. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
40. 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).
42. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
44. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.
46. Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.
47. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
49. A genus of Platalea.
50. (informal) Very tired.
53. The sacred city of Lamaism.
55. Jordan's port.
58. Informal terms for a mother.
60. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
61. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
64. Relating to or accompanying birth.
69. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
73. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
74. An artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages.
75. The cry made by sheep.
77. The superior of a group of nuns.
79. At surface level.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
84. Characteristic of false pride.
85. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
86. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
88. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
89. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
91. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
94. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
96. Type genus of the family Myacidae.

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