Crossword Puzzle Number 1560 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
9. The female reproductive cell.
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
17. The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers.
22. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. An extreme state of adversity.
26. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
27. A grant made by a law court.
28. 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.
29. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
31. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
32. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
34. English writer of novels (1815-1882).
39. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
43. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
44. A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).
47. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
48. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
51. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
52. An ester of carbamic acid.
54. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
56. A man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength.
57. A state in New England.
58. A state in midwestern United States.
59. Italian Benedictine monk who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
61. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
62. An ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism).
65. Not eaten or used up.
68. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
69. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
71. A state in southeastern United States.
72. Pertaining to or near the sun.
75. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
76. A doctor's degree in optometry.
77. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
80. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
85. Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot.
89. A rapid bustling commotion.
90. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel.
92. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
93. Range of what one can know or understand.
94. Wood of a pecan tree.
95. (Roman Catholic Church) The supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts.
97. An honorary degree in science.
98. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
99. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
100. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
101. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
102. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

DOWN

1. Used of the language of the deaf.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
4. A green transparent form of beryl.
5. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
6. Spanish painter best known for his portraits (1746-1828).
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. A toxic protein extracted from castor beans.
9. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
10. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
11. Fiddler crabs.
12. 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.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. A young woman.
23. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
28. Mostly black African weaverbird.
30. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
33. Snarled or stalled in complete confusion.
35. Give new life or energy to.
36. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
37. Large-holed Swiss cheese.
38. Supporting yourself on your knees.
40. A cry of sorrow and grief.
41. Coming into existence.
42. Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.
45. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
46. Belonging to some prior time.
49. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
55. A bachelor's degree in music.
60. Seed of a pea plant.
63. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
64. Curved backward or inward.
66. Travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means.
67. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
70. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
71. Any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes.
73. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
74. An uproarious party.
78. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
79. An orderly arrangement.
81. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
82. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
83. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
84. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
85. Not out.
86. Cornmeal boiled in water.
87. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
88. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
91. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
96. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.

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