Crossword Puzzle Number 2698 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
4. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
18. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
19. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
20. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
21. The capital and largest city of Greece.
23. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
25. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
27. Knock down with force.
29. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
30. A city in north-central India.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
34. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
37. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
39. French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827).
43. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
46. Type genus of the Sittidae.
49. A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction.
50. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
51. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
54. Informal terms for a human head.
55. A very light brown.
56. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
57. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
58. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
59. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known a Iraq.
61. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
63. Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride.
66. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
67. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
68. The longest division of geological time.
69. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
70. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
72. Bark rich in tannin.
75. Being one more than fifty.
76. The square of a body of any size of type.
77. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
79. Being one more than one.
80. South African term for `boss'.
84. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds.
87. Lower in esteem.
89. The capital of Nationalist China.
91. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
94. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
96. A circular segment of a curve.
98. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
99. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
100. (Old Testament) The first king of the Israelites who defended Israel against many enemies (especially the Philistines).
101. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
102. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
103. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).
104. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
105. A small cake leavened with yeast.
106. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.

DOWN

1. (British slang) Cafe.
2. A French abbot.
3. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
4. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
5. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
6. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
7. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
8. Sewing that repairs a worn or torn place in a garment.
9. A genus of European owls.
10. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
11. A member of a Hindu people descended from Brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
14. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
15. Make secure by lashing.
22. Common house and field crickets.
24. Celebrated in fable or legend.
26. Matter that remains after something has been removed.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
31. 16 ounces.
33. The month following March and preceding May.
35. A genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae.
38. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
40. A verse line with a dactyl followed by a spondee or trochee.
41. Former usage synonymous with Antedon.
42. An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible).
44. Suggestive of youth.
45. The topmost one of two.
47. The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.
48. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
52. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
53. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
60. (zoology) Having freedom to move about.
62. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
65. Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere.
71. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
72. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
73. Greek lyric poet of Lesbos.
74. A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France.
75. A member of a Hindu people descended from Brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal.
78. A person forced to flee from home or country.
81. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
82. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
83. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
84. Being nine more than forty.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. Unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia.
88. Serving as or forming a base.
89. A public promotion of some product or service.
90. Not in action or at work.
92. Climbing vine native to China.
93. God of fire.
95. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
96. Being nine more than ninety.
97. Tag the base runner to get him out.

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