Crossword Puzzle Number 2837 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
4. The capital of Western Samoa.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
16. Fleshy folds of tissue as those surrounding the mouth.
17. An underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea v 1.
18. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
19. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
20. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
22. A record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks.
24. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
25. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
26. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
27. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
29. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
31. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. Type genus of the Amiidae.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
36. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
38. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
42. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. Minor or subordinate.
48. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
50. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
52. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
55. Being one more than one.
56. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
57. A flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces.
58. In good time.
61. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
63. Collect or gather.
65. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
66. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
67. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
68. Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures.
69. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
70. Earnest or urgent request.
72. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
74. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
75. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
77. Expected hopefully.
82. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
83. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
88. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
91. Any high mountain.
92. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
94. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
97. The cry made by sheep.
98. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
99. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
100. A gully that is shallower than a ravine.
101. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
102. An associate degree in applied science.
103. A form of Japanese poetry.
104. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
105. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.

DOWN

1. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
2. The most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai).
3. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Russian choreographer (1834-1905).
7. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
8. A light touch or stroke.
9. Highly excited.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
12. Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman.
13. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
14. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
21. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
23. A branch of the Tai languages.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
37. An ancient city is southern Greece.
39. A wooden hand tool with a pointed end.
40. A weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks.
41. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
43. Especially fine or decorative clothing.
44. State capital and largest city of Georgia.
45. A trivial lie.
46. The branch of biology that studies plants.
49. Of a pale purple color.
51. A naturally occurring estrogenic hormone.
53. An accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing.
54. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
59. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
60. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
62. Reprehensible acquisitiveness.
64. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
71. The residue that remains when something is burned.
73. A festival featuring African-American culture.
76. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
78. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
79. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
80. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
81. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
84. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
85. Type genus of the Apidae.
86. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
87. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
89. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
90. Full of zest or vigor.
93. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
95. Irritate or vex.
96. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.

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