Crossword Puzzle Number 246 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A genus of Ploceidae.
9. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
17. Of greater importance or stature or rank.
18. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
19. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
20. English monk and scholar (672-735).
22. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
24. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
26. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
28. Sour or bitter in taste.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America.
33. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
35. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
41. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
44. A Russian river.
46. Adapt anew.
48. The highest level or degree attainable.
52. Very large red gum tree.
53. Accumulated until needed.
54. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
56. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
57. Commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column.
58. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
61. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
63. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
65. Using the voice in song.
66. A young male horse under the age of four.
67. A city on the Garonne River in southern France southeast of Bordeaux.
70. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
71. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
72. A lake in northwestern Russia.
76. Make anew.
77. Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length.
78. A genus of Indriidae.
81. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.
84. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
86. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
90. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
93. Of or relating to the spleen.
95. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
96. Little known Kamarupan languages.
97. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
99. Obtained from various tropical plants.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
101. English Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
102. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
103. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
104. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.

DOWN

1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. Any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape.
3. The location of something surrounded by other things.
4. After noon.
5. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
6. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
7. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
8. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
9. Type genus of the Otariidae.
10. The capital of Australia.
11. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
12. Wood of a sumac.
13. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
21. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
23. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
32. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
34. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
38. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
39. Spread out irregularly.
40. A small dagger with a tapered blade.
42. Any external parasitic organism (as fleas).
43. Inclined toward or displaying love.
45. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
47. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.
49. A farewell remark.
50. Term of address for a man.
51. (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.
55. A long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods).
59. Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
60. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
62. Very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants.
64. An island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska.
68. Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer.
69. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
73. United States financier and philanthropist (1855-1937).
74. One of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan.
75. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
79. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
80. A compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms.
82. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
83. Very dark black.
85. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
87. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
88. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
89. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
91. A rapid bustling commotion.
92. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
94. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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