Crossword Puzzle Number 1770 (Large Grid)

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1. (British) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms.
4. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
9. A notable achievement.
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
18. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. Gone by.
21. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
23. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
25. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
27. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
29. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
30. American novelist (1909-1955).
32. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
34. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
41. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
44. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
45. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
47. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
50. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
51. Someone who admires a young woman.
52. To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means.
53. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
55. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
57. Distant but within sight.
58. Italian chemist noted for work on polymers (1903-1979).
60. A violent denunciation.
61. A public dance hall for dancing to recorded popular music.
63. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
64. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
65. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
66. Unknown god.
67. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
72. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
74. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
78. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
81. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
82. The use of bacteria or viruses of toxins to destroy men and animals or food.
84. Of or relating to myalgia.
87. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
88. African mahogany trees.
90. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
92. Black tropical American cuckoo.
93. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
95. Suggestive of the supernatural.
97. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
98. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
99. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
100. A small cake leavened with yeast.
101. Either extremity of something that has length.

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1. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
2. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
3. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
4. (Judaism) A chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Type genus of the Musaceae.
7. Slightly open.
8. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
9. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
12. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
15. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field.
24. A person trained to compete in sports.
26. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
28. A warm dry wind that blows down the northern slopes of the Alps.
31. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
33. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
35. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
38. A hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia.
39. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot.
40. One species.
42. Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.
43. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
46. A dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug).
48. United States playwright (1906-1963).
49. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
54. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
56. Give over.
59. Felt hat with a creased crown.
62. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
68. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
69. The capital of Croatia.
70. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
71. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
73. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
75. A person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers).
76. City in Sudan.
77. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
79. A villainous Jew in Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist".
80. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
83. A city in east central Texas.
85. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
86. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
89. A resource.
91. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
94. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
96. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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