Crossword Puzzle Number 2981 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
8. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
12. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
16. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
17. Not only so, but.
18. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
19. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
20. 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.
22. Remove from memory or existence.
25. Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939).
27. Administer an oil or ointment to.
28. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
31. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Tangled in knots or snarls.
36. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
37. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
47. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
48. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
49. Being on the left side.
53. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
56. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
57. Used of a single unit or thing.
58. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
59. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
60. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
61. Marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past.
64. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
65. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
70. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
73. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
74. Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks.
78. Especially of a ship's lines etc.
81. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
82. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
84. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
87. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
88. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
89. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
91. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
92. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
93. The small projection of a mammary gland.
94. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
95. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
96. The seed of the cereal grass.

DOWN

1. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
2. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
3. Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it.
4. Minor or subordinate.
5. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
8. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations.
9. Of or relating an apse.
10. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
12. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
13. A strong emotion.
14. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
15. A small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one.
21. An expressway in a German-speaking country.
23. Steal goods.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
29. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
30. Nonstandard usage adv 1.
32. A state in midwestern United States.
35. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
38. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
41. Someone deranged and possibly dangerous.
42. A person who captures and holds people or animals.
43. A poisonous colorless flammable gas used in organic synthesis and to dope transistors and as a poison gas in warfare.
45. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
51. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
52. A dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland.
54. Capable of being added or added to.
55. Regional and archaic.
62. Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.
63. A country person.
64. Someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations.
66. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
67. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
68. Used especially in treating bruises.
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
72. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
75. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
76. Very dark black.
77. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
79. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
80. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
83. A byproduct of inflammation.
85. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. A state in midwestern United States.

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