Crossword Puzzle Number 2308 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
4. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
8. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
16. An accidental happening.
17. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
18. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
20. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
22. With rapid movements.
25. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
33. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
38. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
40. Wasting of the body during a chronic disease.
43. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
45. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
46. Any plant of the genus Erica.
48. Avatar of Vishnu.
49. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
51. Again but in a new or different way.
52. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
54. A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
56. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
58. Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians.
59. A bachelor's degree in literature.
60. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
61. Closed with a lace.
63. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
65. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
68. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
69. God of fire.
72. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
77. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
80. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. Harmed or injured or spoiled.
87. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
88. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
89. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
91. A sudden short attack.
92. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
93. A doctor's degree in education.
94. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
95. In bed.
96. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

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1. Elegant and stylish.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
4. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
7. A city of central China.
8. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. How long something has existed.
11. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
12. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
13. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
14. An instinctive motive.
15. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
21. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
23. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
24. Put down by force or intimidation.
26. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.
32. The dead body of a human being.
34. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
35. (used only in combination) Having a heart as specified.
36. In a decent manner.
37. Water containing salts.
39. Having branches.
41. Idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
42. Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads.
44. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
47. A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution.
50. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
53. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
55. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
57. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
62. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
64. English Catholic novelist (1904-1991).
66. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
67. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
70. Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises.
71. Given or having a specified name.
73. Located below or beneath something else.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. A native-born Israeli.
76. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
77. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
78. Highly excited.
79. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
81. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
82. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
84. The cry made by sheep.
85. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
86. A doctor's degree in education.
87. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
90. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.

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