Crossword Puzzle Number 1686 (Large Grid)

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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. An honorary arts degree.
9. The capital of Western Samoa.
13. Inquire about.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago.
18. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
22. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
23. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
24. A woman sahib.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
33. Pay for something before receiving it.
37. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. A worker who lays tile.
44. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions.
48. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
50. Small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants.
52. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
53. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
54. A motley assortment of things.
55. In a state of sleep.
57. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
58. A person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow.
60. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin.
62. A large number or amount.
64. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
66. Being one more than one.
67. Develop under favorable conditions, such as germs and bacteria.
71. Of or relating to alga.
73. The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
76. A public promotion of some product or service.
81. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
87. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
88. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
90. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
92. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
93. Extremely pleasing.
94. Owing or owed feudal allegiance and service.
95. A wound resulting from biting.
96. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
97. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
98. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
99. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
100. Towards the side away from the wind.

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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
3. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
4. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
5. To an ample degree or in an ample manner.
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
7. Conforming to truth.
8. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
11. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
12. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
13. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. God of love and erotic desire.
25. Of surpassing excellence.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
30. God of wisdom or prophesy.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces.
35. A quality of refined gracefulness and good taste.
36. An elaborate song for solo voice.
38. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
39. Someone who skis.
41. 1 species.
42. Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves.
45. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
46. Water frozen in the solid state.
47. Greek mythology.
49. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
51. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
56. United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964).
59. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
61. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
63. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.
65. A soft silvery metallic element.
68. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
69. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
70. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
72. Applying to all or most members of a category or group.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
74. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
75. Censure severely or angrily.
76. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
77. Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies (1844-1926).
78. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
79. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
80. A thermionic tube having two electrodes.
82. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
83. A French abbot.
84. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
85. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
86. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
89. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
91. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.

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