Crossword Puzzle Number 2722 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
4. Jordan's port.
9. Characteristic of false pride.
13. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
18. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
19. A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour.
20. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
21. Someone who is an active supporter and advocate.
23. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
28. (baseball) A hit that flies straight out from the batter.
29. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
31. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
33. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
34. Ritual hand movement in Hindu religious dancing.
36. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
41. A bluish shade of green.
45. A meson produced as the result of high-energy particle collision.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
49. An Eskimo hut.
51. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
52. The visual percept of a region.
53. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920).
55. (geology) Before the appearance of life.
58. A city of central China.
59. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
60. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
61. A genus of Laridae.
62. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
63. Having relatively few calories.
65. (Judaism) A chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh.
69. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
70. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
72. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
81. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
83. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
86. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
87. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
90. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
91. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
92. Milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta.
93. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
94. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
95. Aimlessly drifting.
96. Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.

DOWN

1. A woman of refinement.
2. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
3. A city in northeastern France in Lorraine.
4. Any high mountain.
5. Bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves.
6. A fit of shivering.
7. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
8. A gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier.
9. The presence of a virus in the blood stream.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
12. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
13. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
14. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
15. A vicious angry growl.
22. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
24. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
26. United States engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (born in 1916).
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Inflammation of the gums.
37. Lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women.
38. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
39. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
40. Someone who cuts flat glass to size.
42. A change for the better.
43. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
44. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
47. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
50. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
54. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
56. The capital and largest city of Norway.
57. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
64. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
65. Any high mountain.
66. Eye disease consisting of an opaque white spot on the cornea.
67. A telephone connection.
68. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
69. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
71. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
73. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
74. (physics) Of or pertaining to a meson.
75. Of a light brown or yellowish brown color n 1.
76. The smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur.
77. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
78. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
79. A fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or gowns.
80. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
82. A member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona.
84. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
85. 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.
88. Of southern Europe.
89. An associate degree in applied science.
90. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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