Crossword Puzzle Number 2130 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The act of catching an object with the hands.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. Considerate and solicitous care.
16. A unit of pressure equal to 0.001316 atmosphere.
17. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
18. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
19. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
20. A severe or trying experience.
22. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
25. The plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains.
27. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
29. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
30. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
32. United States sculptor (1860-1936).
33. A star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth.
37. Typical geese.
40. Rounded like an egg.
44. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
45. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
46. The eleventh month of the civil year.
48. Eliminate from the body.
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
52. Suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle.
54. A line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable.
58. An elaborate song for solo voice.
59. A shade of blue tinged with green.
60. Deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America.
62. (computer science) A secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu.
64. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
66. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
68. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
69. An associate degree in nursing.
70. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
73. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
77. A thrusting blow with a knife.
79. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
80. (spoken slang) Unfashionable and boring.
82. Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds.
84. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
88. The syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization.
89. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
92. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
94. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
95. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
96. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
97. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
99. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
100. A doctor's degree in education.
101. Express in speech.
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
103. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

DOWN

1. A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck).
2. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. Be earlier in time.
5. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
6. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. Disposed to avoid notice.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831).
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. A bachelor's degree in religion.
12. Before noon.
13. Vacuum flask that preserves temperature of hot or cold drinks.
14. A narrow way or road.
15. The closing section of a musical composition.
21. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
23. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
24. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
26. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
28. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
31. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
34. Concerning or characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste.
35. Pasta in long slender flat strips.
36. A fibrous amphibole.
38. Of or relating to the island republic of Nauru or its residents.
39. French playwright (1791-1861).
41. Meat from a calf.
42. A city in northern India.
43. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
47. A choice or delicious dish.
49. A soiled or discolored appearance.
53. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
55. Short and fat.
56. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
57. Wood of any of various alder trees.
61. Medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin.
63. A deep bow.
67. Narrow platform.
71. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
74. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
75. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
76. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
78. God of wealth and love.
79. Before noon.
81. A short personal letter.
83. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
85. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
86. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
87. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
90. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
91. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
93. The cry made by sheep.
98. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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