Crossword Puzzle Number 2409 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
9. In bed.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. An extreme state of adversity.
18. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
21. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
22. A feeling of intense anger.
23. A master's degree in business.
24. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
26. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
29. Any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers.
31. Having been read.
32. United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999).
35. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. King of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
45. A state in New England.
46. Avatar of Vishnu.
48. Little known Kamarupan languages.
50. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
52. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
53. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
54. Willing to face danger.
55. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
56. A person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission.
57. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
58. Any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice.
60. Goddess of fate.
62. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
63. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
64. A manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language.
67. The month following March and preceding May.
69. Most important element.
70. A long-playing phonograph record.
73. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
76. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
78. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
79. Clean or orderly.
80. (Old Testament) A judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah.
82. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
86. Lustrous gray.
89. Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal (1918-1870).
91. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
92. Compete for something.
93. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
95. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
96. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
97. The fatty flesh of eel.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
100. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).

DOWN

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. A Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
6. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Adapin and Sinequan) with numerous side effects (dry mouth and sedation and gastrointestinal disturbances).
7. Applying to ordinary citizens.
8. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
9. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. British composer (1857-1934).
12. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
13. A large fleet.
14. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
27. Small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk.
28. A case used to carry belongings when traveling.
30. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
33. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
34. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
36. 1 species.
37. A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold).
39. The type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx.
40. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
42. Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
43. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
44. Unable to move or resist motion.
47. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers.
49. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
51. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
59. Having branches.
61. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
65. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
66. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails.
67. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
68. Allspice tree.
69. A large fleet.
71. A city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva.
72. A public promotion of some product or service.
74. Suggestive of the supernatural.
75. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
77. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
81. The capital and largest city of Norway.
83. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
84. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.
85. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
87. Tag the base runner to get him out.
88. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
89. Not out.
90. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
94. A Russian river.

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