Crossword Puzzle Number 2543 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. Lap at the front of a coat.
9. (British slang) Cafe.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
17. Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
22. Large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. An honorary arts degree.
26. Short and fat.
28. An expression of greeting.
31. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
32. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
37. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
42. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
44. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
45. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
46. English Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910).
49. Occurring at or forming an end or termination.
50. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
53. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
54. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
56. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
57. A local computer network for communication between computers.
58. Thinking again about a choice previously made.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
63. A city and port in northern Jutland.
67. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
68. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
70. A sock that reaches just above the ankle.
73. A genus of Ploceidae.
76. The residue that remains when something is burned.
78. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
79. Regional and archaic.
81. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
84. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
87. An insignificant place.
89. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
92. British informal term.
93. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
94. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
96. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
97. The month following March and preceding May.
98. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
99. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
100. A notable achievement.
101. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

DOWN

1. The capital of Western Samoa.
2. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
3. Make a plat of.
4. Darkened with overcast.
5. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
6. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
7. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
9. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York state.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. Salt pork from the back of a hog carcass.
12. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. (British informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
27. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
29. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
30. Of a moderate orange-yellow color.
33. One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.
34. Temporary fortification like a detached bastion.
35. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
36. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
38. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
39. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
40. A state of robust good health.
43. The vein in the center of a leaf.
47. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
48. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
51. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
52. (Irish) The sea personified.
55. Being one more than one hundred.
59. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant.
61. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
64. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
65. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
66. 10 grams.
69. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
71. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
72. Capital of Armenia.
74. Traveling by foot.
75. American pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952).
77. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
80. A musical percussion instrument.
82. In bed.
83. (nautical) Situated at or toward the bow of a vessel.
84. Related to or located at the back.
85. The back side of the neck.
86. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
88. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
90. Used of a single unit or thing.
91. A master's degree in education.
95. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.

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