Crossword Puzzle Number 1597 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A light touch or stroke.
4. The ending of a series or sequence.
9. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
13. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. The topmost one of two.
18. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. An Indic language.
22. Of or like a cecum.
24. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
25. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
26. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
28. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
29. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
30. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
32. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
35. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers.
37. Offering fun and gaiety.
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. Fallow deer.
47. Type genus of the Otariidae.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.
52. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
55. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
58. Be seated.
59. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
61. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
62. Small cold-water silvery fish.
64. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
66. (British) An order for goods to be exported or imported.
67. Being one more than fifty.
68. Submerged freshwater perennials.
69. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. The sacred city of Lamaism.
75. Someone whose business is advertising.
82. Of or related to or derived from oats.
85. A genus of Paridae.
87. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
90. Step on it.
91. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
92. Aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative.
94. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
95. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
96. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
97. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
98. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
99. Take in solid food.

DOWN

1. Costing 10 dollars.
2. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
3. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
4. Contrary to or forbidden by law.
5. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
6. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
7. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
8. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
9. Eliminate from the body.
10. A collection of things wrapped or boxed together.
11. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
12. Young of domestic cattle.
13. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
14. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
15. American dwarf fan palms.
21. An airfield equipped with control tower and hangers as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo.
23. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
27. Failing to detonate.
29. A port city in southwestern Iran.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. Any competition.
36. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
40. A positively charged atom.
41. Relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit.
42. A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof.
44. Come into existence.
45. The small projection of a mammary gland.
46. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy.
48. The ratio of reflected to incident light.
49. Australian wild horse.
53. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
54. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
56. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
57. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
60. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
63. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
65. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
71. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
73. Any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis.
76. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
77. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
78. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
79. Anything that serves as an enticement.
80. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
81. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
83. A genus of Mustelidae.
84. Remaining after all deductions.
86. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
88. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
89. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
93. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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