Crossword Puzzle Number 2271 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
5. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
9. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
13. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
17. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
18. The face of a timepiece.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
21. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
23. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. French composer (1818-1893).
28. A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington.
30. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
32. Type genus of the Nepidae.
34. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
35. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
36. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
44. Any unwholesome or desperate condition.
46. Half the width of an em.
50. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
51. A state in northwestern North America.
53. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
54. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
55. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. Having lost your job.
59. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
60. Someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself.
64. Being nine more than forty.
65. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
66. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
68. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
70. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
73. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
75. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
77. Pertaining to or near the sun.
80. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
83. English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965).
86. Cut off the testicles.
87. Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
89. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
90. Large Indian antelope.
93. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
94. On or toward the lee.
95. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
97. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
98. Type genus of the Ranidae.
99. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
100. (informal) Exceptionally good.
101. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.

DOWN

1. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
2. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
3. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
4. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
5. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
6. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
7. Being of the age 13 through 19.
8. (prefix) Within.
9. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
10. A sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight.
11. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
12. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
13. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
14. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
24. A capacitance unit equal to one billion farads.
27. Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime.
29. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
31. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
33. An informal term for a father.
37. (anatomy) Resembling a capsule.
38. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. Extremely intricate.
43. Capital of the state of Washington.
45. A language group of the Hokan family.
47. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
48. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
49. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
52. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
57. Spot, stain, or pollute.
61. The month following February and preceding April.
62. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns.
63. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
67. (Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
69. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
70. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
71. Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun.
72. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
74. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
76. A long-playing phonograph record.
78. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
79. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
81. Put out or expel from a place.
82. Ask for and get free.
84. A city in northern India.
85. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
88. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
91. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
92. The cry made by sheep.
96. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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