Crossword Puzzle Number 2311 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
8. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
12. Move as if through a sieve.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. A small replica of a person.
18. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
19. Very light colored.
20. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. A city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea.
24. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
25. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
26. Poorly stated or described.
28. Tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit.
29. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
31. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
33. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
35. Any competition.
39. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
42. An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army.
45. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
46. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
50. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. Informal terms for money.
53. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
58. Water frozen in the solid state.
59. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne.
63. A unit of power equal to 1000 watts.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
65. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
68. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
69. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
70. A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula.
73. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
75. Be obedient to.
76. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
77. A genetic abnormality resulting in short stature.
79. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
83. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
84. 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.
87. The act of swimming.
88. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
92. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
93. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
96. Seal again.
98. An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands.
99. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
100. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
102. (informal) Of the highest quality.
103. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
104. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
105. The sixth month of the civil year.
106. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night.

DOWN

1. Deeply moved.
2. Perceive sound.
3. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
4. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
5. A message that seems to convey no meaning.
6. Impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism.
7. An innocuous or inert medication.
8. A native American tent.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
14. A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid.
15. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs).
21. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
23. Being nine more than forty.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
30. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
32. Someone who fights bulls.
34. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Of a ceramic surface.
38. As if by an edge.
40. Of or relating to or containing balsam.
41. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
43. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
44. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
52. Superior to the average.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
57. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
60. An informal term for a father.
61. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
62. Greek god of light.
66. A compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur).
67. Unsegmented worms.
69. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
71. The brightest star in Scorpius.
72. The month following February and preceding April.
74. Type genus of the Lacertidae.
78. Singing jazz.
80. Informal terms for a mother.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
85. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
86. A Hindu prince or king in India.
89. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
90. Made of or resembling lace.
91. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
94. Used of a single unit or thing.
95. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
97. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
101. A public promotion of some product or service.

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