Crossword Puzzle Number 2919 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
4. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
9. A knife used as a weapon.
13. A unit of pressure.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. (chemistry) Relating to or containing the azido group N3.
18. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
19. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
20. A light touch or stroke.
21. Workman employed by a moving company.
22. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
23. A small piece of cloth.
24. Jordan's port.
26. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
27. The act of using.
29. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
31. The way in which someone or something is composed.
33. An enthusiastic kiss.
37. Colloquial British abbreviation.
40. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
45. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
46. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
47. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
51. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
53. Largest crested screamer.
55. Any of several tropical American palms bearing corozo nuts.
56. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
57. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
61. A negative.
62. The father of your father or mother.
64. A fastener for a door or lid.
67. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
68. The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
71. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
74. Of the dull yellowish green of the meat of an avocado n 1.
76. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
78. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
82. Experiencing motion sickness.
85. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
88. A branch of the Tai languages.
89. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
90. 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.
93. Take by theft.
95. A master's degree in business.
96. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
97. Remove from memory or existence.
98. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
99. Tag the base runner to get him out.
100. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
101. Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.
102. Type genus of the Anatidae.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A quantity of no importance.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. A country on the island of Jamaica.
5. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
6. Of or relating or belonging to a city.
7. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
8. A trivalent metalloid element.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
10. A senior clergyman.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting).
13. A flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery).
14. (informal) Valuable goods.
15. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
25. A slipper that is soft and wool (for babies).
28. Assistance in time of difficulty.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
34. Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
35. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
36. A bachelor's degree in religion.
38. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
39. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
41. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
42. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
43. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
50. 1 species.
52. A slight amount or degree of difference.
54. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
60. One thousandth of a second.
63. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
65. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
66. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
69. A boy or man.
70. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
72. Filled with fear or apprehension.
73. A worker who attaches something by nailing it.
75. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
77. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
79. A genus of Lamnidae.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. Jordan's port.
83. On or toward the lee.
84. A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain.
85. Being nine more than ninety.
86. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
87. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
91. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
92. Not of long duration.
94. A master's degree in library science.

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