Crossword Puzzle Number 2144 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
13. A master's degree in library science.
17. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
18. A mountainous republic in central Europe.
19. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. Male cat.
22. Make numb or insensitive.
23. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
24. Remove from a box.
26. A partially opened flower.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A state in New England.
31. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
32. Affect with wonder.
37. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
41. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
43. A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding.
47. A person of subnormal intelligence.
49. Follower of Rastafarianism.
50. (of an arrow) Equipped with feathers.
51. The seventh and last day of the week.
52. Have some of the qualities or attributes of something.
54. Little known Kamarupan languages.
55. An administrative unit of government.
57. Of or relating to or located in the dermis.
58. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
59. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
62. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
64. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
65. Wood of a pecan tree.
69. Towards the side away from the wind.
70. The eleventh month of the civil year.
72. A genus of Ploceidae.
77. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
81. Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981).
85. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
87. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
89. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
90. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
91. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
93. A city of central China.
94. A sign of something about to happen.
95. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
96. In bed.
97. An account describing incidents or events.
98. A quantity of no importance.

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1. United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975).
2. Gone by.
3. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
4. A valuable timber tree of tropical South America.
5. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
8. Divisible by two.
9. Tear or be torn violently.
10. Any plant of the genus Inula.
11. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
12. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
13. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
14. The month following March and preceding May.
15. A Russian river.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
25. A long-playing phonograph record.
27. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
28. A Mid-Atlantic state.
33. A woman who wears clothes to display fashions.
34. A wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white.
35. Having the skin scraped off.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. Wildly disordered.
39. Too ripe.
40. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
42. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
44. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
45. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
46. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
48. A police officer who investigates crimes.
53. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
56. A pad of paper for keeping notes.
60. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
61. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
63. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
66. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
67. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
68. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
71. Of or relating to the velum.
72. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
73. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
74. Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements.
75. A city in north central Nigeria.
76. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
78. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
80. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
82. God of the Underworld.
83. Advanced in years.
84. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
86. A light touch or stroke.
88. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
92. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.

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