Crossword Puzzle Number 2730 (Large Grid)

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1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
9. A vessel that carries passengers or freight v 1.
13. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
16. A local computer network for communication between computers.
17. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
18. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
19. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
20. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
22. Exultantly proud and joyful.
24. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
25. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
28. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
29. An inlaid furniture decoration.
33. A state in New England.
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Having a sophisticated charm.
43. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
47. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
49. In the direction against a stream's current.
52. A large quantity of written matter.
53. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
54. Witnessed at first hand.
55. The capital of Tajikistan.
56. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
60. An extreme state of adversity.
62. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
63. A city in southeastern Spain.
64. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
65. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
66. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
67. Type genus of the Ustilaginaceae.
70. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
71. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
72. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. Before noon.
75. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
79. A populous province in northeastern China.
83. Lacking vigor or energy.
87. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
90. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. Of or relating to or characteristic of Monaco or its people.
94. Related by blood.
95. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
96. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
98. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
99. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
100. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
101. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
102. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
103. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.

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1. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
2. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
3. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
4. Type genus of the Anatidae.
5. French revolutionary who was prominent in the early days of the French Revolution (1749-1791).
6. (informal) Of the highest quality.
7. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
8. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
9. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
10. The emotion of hate.
11. Water frozen in the solid state.
12. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
13. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
14. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
15. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
21. Of or relating to or near the nares.
23. 16 ounces.
26. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
27. The supreme commander of a fleet.
30. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
35. Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages.
36. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
37. Indicating the most important performer or role.
39. A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right.
42. An implement for practical use (especially in a household).
44. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
45. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
46. A fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera.
48. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
50. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
51. United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931).
57. One of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital).
58. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
59. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
61. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
68. A huge destructive wave (especially one caused by an earthquake).
69. Waterfall in Canada is the Horseshoe Falls.
70. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
73. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
76. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
77. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
78. Indigo bush.
80. Armor plate that protects the chest.
81. Something causes misery or death.
82. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
84. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
85. Most important element.
86. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
88. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
89. A shaft on which a wheel rotates.
92. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
93. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
97. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.

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