Crossword Puzzle Number 2128 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
5. Tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States.
13. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
17. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
18. Act together or towards others or with others.
19. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
20. The production of eggs (especially in birds).
22. Jordan's port.
24. Of electrical appliances.
25. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
27. Harvest flies.
29. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
31. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
33. A royal treasury.
35. Type genus of the Anatidae.
38. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
41. A state in New England.
42. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
44. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
47. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
53. (used as a sentenced connector) Therefore or consequently.
54. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
57. Worthless material that is discarded.
58. Egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes.
60. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. Of or being the lowest female voice.
62. The fur of a rabbit.
63. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
66. A descendent or heir.
67. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
69. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
73. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
76. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
77. Genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers.
80. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
85. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
86. Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures.
89. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
91. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
92. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
93. A purgative made from the leaves of aloe.
94. An account describing incidents or events.
95. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
96. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
97. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
98. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
99. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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1. A very attractive or seductive looking woman.
2. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
3. A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971.
4. An officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc..
5. Resembling swine.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Supported and operated by the government of a state.
8. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. The mints.
11. Fiddler crabs.
12. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
13. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
14. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
16. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
21. A native or inhabitant of Nubia.
23. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
26. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
32. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
34. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
36. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent).
37. A member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States.
39. (British slang) Cafe.
40. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
45. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
46. Any of various plants of the genus Aralia.
48. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
49. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol.
50. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
55. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
56. A public promotion of some product or service.
59. Of or relating to or near the groin.
64. The compass point midway between west and southwest.
65. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
70. A pair of shoes with cleats on the soles.
71. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
72. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
75. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
76. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
78. Very dark black.
79. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
82. Long and thin and often limp.
83. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
84. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
87. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
88. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
90. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
91. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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