Crossword Puzzle Number 2515 (Large Grid)

  10 11 12  13 14 15 
16    17      18     19   
20    21      22     23   
24   25   26        27    
   28   29      30 31     
32 33 34    35  36 37  38  39  40 41 42 
43     44   45    46  47    
48     49 50 51    52   53    
54      55    56   57     
58     59       60   61   
62     63       64  65    
66   67 68  69     70  71   72  
73     74     75  76   77   
   78    79  80   81      
82 83 84    85  86   87   88  89 90 
91     92     93   94  95   
96     97     98     99   
100     101     102     103   

ACROSS

1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. The sacred city of Lamaism.
9. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
13. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
18. The back side of the neck.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. Largest crested screamer.
22. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
26. American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for physics twice (1908-1991).
28. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
29. Before noon.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
32. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
39. Payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment.
43. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
45. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
47. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
48. A coagulated liquid resembling milk curd.
49. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Waterproofed canvas.
54. A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
55. 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.
58. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
61. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
62. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
63. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
64. Blood-sucking African fly.
66. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
69. Affectedly dainty or refined.
71. Informal terms for a mother.
72. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
73. German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter's syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969).
75. The act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity.
78. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
81. A city in northwestern Syria.
82. With rapid movements.
88. Type genus of the Nepidae.
91. A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.
95. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
96. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
97. Having the slant of a bevel.
98. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
100. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
101. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
104. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

DOWN

1. By bad luck.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
5. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
6. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
7. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
8. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
9. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
10. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
11. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation.
12. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
13. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
14. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
15. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
25. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
27. A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4).
31. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
33. Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction.
34. A town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. A word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian).
38. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.
41. West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood.
42. Of or relating to the sky or heavens.
44. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
50. Make improvements or corrections to.
51. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
56. A person who captures and holds people or animals.
57. Depressing in character or appearance.
59. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
60. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
65. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
67. Lacking motor coordination.
68. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
70. A soft silvery metallic element.
74. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
76. 1 species.
77. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
79. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
83. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
84. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
85. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
86. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
87. An informal term for a father.
88. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
89. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
90. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
92. The month following September and preceding November.
93. A light touch or stroke.
94. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

Feel free to print out this crossword puzzle for your personal use. You may also link to it. However, this web page and puzzle are copyrighted and may not be distributed without prior written consent.

Navigation
Home Page
Printer Friendly
View Solution
Previous Puzzle
Next Crossword
© Clockwatchers, Inc. 2003