Crossword Puzzle Number 2426 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
8. A bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance.
12. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
16. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
17. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
18. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
19. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
20. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
22. Canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained.
24. Very dark black.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
26. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
31. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
33. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
35. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
36. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
38. Being of delicate or slender build.
42. A Mid-Atlantic state.
44. An informal term for a father.
48. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
49. The month following March and preceding May.
51. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
53. The longest division of geological time.
54. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
55. A television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail.
58. The month following September and preceding November.
59. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
61. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
63. A color varying around light grayish brown.
64. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
66. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
67. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
68. Any plant of the genus Erica.
69. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
71. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
72. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
73. A Russian river.
75. A French abbot.
78. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
80. A Hindu prince or king in India.
83. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
84. Using the voice.
87. Thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.
90. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
93. An island in the Mediterranean.
95. The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities.
97. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
98. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
99. The sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus.
101. Armor plate that protects the chest.
102. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
103. A doctor's degree in education.
104. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
105. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
106. A boy or man.

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1. A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. (botany) Especially of plant parts.
4. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. Growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal.
6. Being nine more than ninety.
7. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
8. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
9. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
10. Flavored with sour orange peel.
11. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
12. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
13. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
14. A primeval personification of air and breath.
15. Tear or be torn violently.
21. A large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius.
23. Lacking in integrity.
27. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
29. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth.
34. An associate degree in nursing.
37. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
39. Of or relating to the spleen.
40. Instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal.
41. (Irish) God of the sea.
43. A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink).
45. A person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university).
46. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
47. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
50. A small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship.
52. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
56. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
57. Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data.
60. A public promotion of some product or service.
62. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
65. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
70. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
74. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
76. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
77. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting.
79. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
80. The second day of the week.
81. A Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease.
82. Lower in esteem.
83. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
85. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
86. Toward the mouth or oral region.
88. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
89. A city in northwestern Syria.
91. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
92. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
94. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
96. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
100. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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