Crossword Puzzle Number 2784 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Crowd or pack to capacity.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. Any plant of the genus Inula.
18. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
19. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
20. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
22. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic States or their peoples or languages.
24. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
25. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
28. A small island.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
34. A white trivalent metallic element.
37. The fourth month of the civil year.
41. Any broad thin expanse or surface.
44. A Loloish language.
45. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
46. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
47. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
49. Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
50. The month following February and preceding April.
51. God of death.
53. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
56. A flexible container with a single opening.
57. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
59. A conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan.
62. One of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower.
63. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
67. United States neuroscientist noted for his studies of the neural basis of vision (born in 1926).
68. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
70. (statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value.
72. An uproarious party.
73. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
77. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
80. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
83. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
86. The father of your father or mother.
90. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
91. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
92. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
94. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
95. A light touch or stroke.
96. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
97. Indigo bush.
98. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets.
2. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
3. Similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood.
4. The capital and largest city of Rwanda.
5. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
6. An advantageous purchase.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
10. The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food.
11. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
12. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
15. Free from dirt or impurities.
21. One who tries.
23. Used of idealized country life.
26. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. The 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
30. Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
32. United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951).
33. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
35. Traveling on horseback.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
39. Marked by extreme anger.
40. Hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange.
42. The 4th largest of Jupiter's satellites.
43. Of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the language itself.
48. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
54. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
58. Norwegian explorer of the Arctic and director of the League of Nations relief program for refugees of World War I (1861-1930).
60. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
61. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
64. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
65. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
66. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
69. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
71. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
74. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
75. An extreme state of adversity.
76. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
78. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
79. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
81. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
82. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
84. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
85. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
87. An informal term for a father.
88. The cry made by sheep.
89. Of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color.
93. A state in New England.

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