Crossword Puzzle Number 1720 (Large Grid)

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1. A tight-fitting headdress.
4. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
8. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
12. Humble request for help.
16. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
17. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
18. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
19. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
20. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
22. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
25. A large number or amount.
27. Instrument used in fighting or hunting.
29. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
30. A former Turkish term of respect.
31. A farewell remark.
32. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
34. A brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry.
38. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
41. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
43. German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome.
48. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
49. A dealer in seeds.
54. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
55. Drink excessive amounts of alcohol.
56. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
58. Type genus of the Upupidae.
60. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. Relating to or affecting a bursa.
62. Any of a group of storm gods.
63. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
65. A fortified military post where troops are stationed.
66. Pronounce with a lowered velum.
68. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
70. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
72. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
73. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
75. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
76. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
80. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
85. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
87. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
88. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
91. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
92. Perceive sound.
93. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
94. Little known Kamarupan languages.
96. A decree that prohibits something.
97. Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.
98. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
99. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A telegram sent abroad.
2. Remote in manner.
3. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. On end or upright.
7. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
8. Australian moundbird.
9. Located, suited for, or taking place within a building.
10. God of war.
11. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
12. That part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form.
13. A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump.
14. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. The state capital of South Australia.
24. A person to whom money is paid.
26. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
35. United States architect (born in 1925).
36. Tentacles of octopus prepared as food.
37. To say or state again.
39. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
40. Used especially of mail.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
44. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
46. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
47. City in Sudan.
50. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
51. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
52. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity.
53. Wood of a sumac.
57. A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
59. Relating to or lying near the palate.
64. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
65. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
67. A small but appreciable amount.
69. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
71. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
74. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
77. Jordan's port.
78. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
81. On or toward the lee.
82. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
83. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
84. A fraudulent business scheme.
86. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
89. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
90. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
95. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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