Crossword Puzzle Number 1657 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the Majidae.
5. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
9. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
13. A bachelor's degree in theology.
16. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
17. Gather, as of as crops.
18. Located in or toward the back or rear.
19. Step on it.
20. Have confidence or faith in.
21. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
23. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
25. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
27. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
28. A formal association of people with similar interests.
29. An Asian temple.
33. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
35. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
36. Largest known toad species.
38. (prefix) Within.
42. Closely confined.
46. Characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness.
48. (archaic) Utterly cast down.
51. A town on the Hudson River in New York.
52. Being one more than fifty.
53. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
56. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
57. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
59. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
62. Bell magpies.
63. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
64. A floor covering.
65. A tight-fitting headdress.
66. English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika.
68. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
69. Call forth.
72. A farm where dairy products are produced.
75. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
76. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
78. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
80. A public promotion of some product or service.
82. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
85. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
89. Includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia.
92. Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
96. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
98. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
99. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
100. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
101. Clean with one's bill, of birds.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.

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1. The 4th planet from the sun.
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers.
4. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. Convert code into ordinary language.
7. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
10. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
13. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
14. A local and well-defined elevation of the land.
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. An administrative unit of government.
26. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
30. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
31. A genus of Vespertilionidae.
32. Widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs.
34. A payment of money sent to a person in another place.
37. A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales.
39. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
40. Temporary living quarters.
41. Type genus of the Ochotonidae.
43. Relating to or used in or intended for trade or commerce.
44. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
49. Of or relating to nutrition.
50. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
54. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
55. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra.
58. Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers.
60. Submerged freshwater perennials.
61. Being one more than twelve.
67. Diuretic (trade name Edecrin) used to treat edema.
70. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
71. Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
73. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects.
74. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
77. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
79. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
81. Two items of the same kind.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
84. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
86. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
87. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
88. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
90. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
91. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
97. A Mid-Atlantic state.

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