Crossword Puzzle Number 1711 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
12. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Not easy.
18. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
19. The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island).
20. A decree that prohibits something.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. Waterproofed canvas.
23. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
24. American ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851).
27. (of characters in literature or drama) Evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.
29. An associate degree in nursing.
32. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
33. A bachelor's degree in music.
35. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
37. Half the width of an em.
38. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
41. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
42. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
43. Add to the very end.
45. A vigorous blow.
47. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
50. A Mid-Atlantic state.
51. The capital city of Vietnam.
52. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
53. (Mexican) Ground beef and chili peppers or chili powder often with tomatoes and kidney beans.
56. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
57. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
58. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
60. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
62. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
64. Money paid out.
68. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
69. A married German woman.
71. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
73. A building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire.
76. Not necessarily inaudible but not heard.
78. An island republic on Nauru Island.
79. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
82. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
85. Cause to go somewhere.
91. The act of scanning.
92. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
94. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
95. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
97. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
99. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
100. A doctor's degree in education.
101. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
102. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
6. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. Any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers.
9. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
10. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
11. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress.
12. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
13. Jet engine in which a turbine drives air to the burner.
14. Morally bad or wrong.
15. Produced by a manufacturing process.
25. (used of certain religious orders) Barefoot or wearing only sandals.
26. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
28. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
30. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
31. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
34. Greek film actress (1925-1994).
36. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
39. (biology) Reproduction by the union or fusion of games of the same size and structure.
40. One of three artisans of the gods.
44. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
46. God of death.
48. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
49. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
54. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
55. Permeate or impregnate.
59. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
61. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
63. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
65. Small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face.
66. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
67. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
70. The part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed.
71. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
72. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
74. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
75. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
77. By bad luck.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
84. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
86. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
87. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
88. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
89. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
90. The muscular back part of the shank.
93. A master's degree in business.
96. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
98. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

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