Crossword Puzzle Number 2253 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
5. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
13. Type genus of the Majidae.
17. On or toward the lee.
18. An agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses.
19. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
20. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
24. Member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism.
26. A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves.
29. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
30. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
32. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A deficiency of red blood cells.
40. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
42. Capital of Armenia.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
48. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
50. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
52. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
53. A shade of blue tinged with green.
55. A kind of pick that is used for digging.
58. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
60. Of or in or relating to the nose.
61. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
63. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
64. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
65. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
66. Squash bugs.
67. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
71. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
72. Type genus of the Cynipidae.
74. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
75. A trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil.
77. Noisy talk.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
91. (Greek mythology) The priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse.
94. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
95. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
96. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
98. (Irish) The sea personified.
99. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
100. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
101. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
102. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.

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1. A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
4. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
5. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
6. The vein in the center of a leaf.
7. An elaborate song for solo voice.
8. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia.
9. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
10. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
11. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
12. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
13. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
14. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
15. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
16. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
25. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
31. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
33. The state of being everywhere at once (or seeming to be everywhere at once).
35. One who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature.
36. A fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon.
38. Be iridescent.
39. Someone who operates an aircraft.
41. Lacking in light.
43. An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene.
44. A shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle.
47. An onerous or difficult concern.
49. Found along western Atlantic coast.
51. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
54. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
56. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
57. A means of serving.
59. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
62. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
68. Inquire about.
69. Used of men.
70. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
73. (trade mark) A soft form of cereal for infants.
76. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
78. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
80. Very dark black.
81. South African term for `boss'.
82. Tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears.
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
84. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
85. A town in north central Oklahoma.
86. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
87. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
88. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
89. A Spanish river.
92. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
93. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
97. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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