Crossword Puzzle Number 2101 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
4. American dramatist (1928- ).
9. God of death.
13. Measure of the US economy adopted in 1991.
16. (Irish) The sea personified.
17. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
18. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
19. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
22. The superior of a group of nuns.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
25. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
27. Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944).
29. A light touch or stroke.
32. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
34. Command against.
39. A very troublesome child.
42. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
46. A Loloish language.
47. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
48. (British) A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice.
49. Of or relating to a pastor.
51. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
52. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
54. Selling or related to selling direct to the consumer.
56. (Babylonian) Consort of Marduk.
58. Minor or subordinate.
59. Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips.
60. Being nine more than ninety.
61. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
62. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
64. Black tropical American cuckoo.
65. A genus of bee.
68. Fastened with stitches.
71. Any of various small biting flies.
73. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
75. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
78. Male red deer.
79. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
81. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
83. A large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout.
87. The capital and largest city of Zambia.
88. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
90. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
91. In or of the present month.
92. Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
94. A notable achievement.
95. American novelist (1909-1955).
96. A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.
97. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Of or relating to alga.
2. The third canonical hour.
3. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. Chop cut from a lamb.
6. Offering little or no hope.
7. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
8. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
9. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
10. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
11. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
14. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
15. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
21. A great sacrifice.
26. The electrode in a transistor where electrons originate.
28. A doctor's degree in optometry.
30. Category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
33. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
35. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
36. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
37. A resident of Indiana.
38. Freetail bats.
40. The boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul.
41. The sixth month of the civil year.
43. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
44. Blood-sucking African fly.
45. Capable of existing or taking place or proving true.
50. Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis.
53. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
55. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
63. A highly emotional and quick-tempered person (especially a girl or woman).
66. French painter and sculptor.
67. To say or state again.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. (European mythology) A supernatural smith and king of the elves.
70. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
71. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
72. The whiteness that results from removing the color from something.
73. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
74. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
76. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
77. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
80. Erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds.
81. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
84. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
85. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
86. A quantity of no importance.
89. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
93. That is to say.

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