Crossword Puzzle Number 3017 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
12. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
16. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
17. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
18. English essayist (1775-1834).
19. A feeling of intense anger.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
22. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
23. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
24. A small cake leavened with yeast.
26. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
29. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
31. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
33. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
36. Parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
41. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
46. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
47. A coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms.
49. 10 grams.
51. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
52. Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use.
54. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.
56. Fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh.
58. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
59. Living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household.
61. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
62. Come into existence.
64. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
66. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
67. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
68. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
71. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
72. Agitation resulting from active worry.
76. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way.
78. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
80. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
81. Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again.
83. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
84. Having lips or parts that resemble lips.
86. A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.
88. Noisy talk.
92. A microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time.
95. The cry made by sheep.
96. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
97. Sour or bitter in taste.
99. Type genus of the Majidae.
100. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
101. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
102. Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin.
103. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
104. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

DOWN

1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
5. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
6. A loud resonant repeating noise.
7. Having or involving the use of hands.
8. A facial expression of contempt or scorn.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
10. (British) A billion.
11. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
12. Genus of herbs of southern United States.
13. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
25. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
30. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
32. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
34. Abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds.
35. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
37. Using a pronoun or other pro-word instead of repeating a word.
38. Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness.
39. A red soil produced by rock decay.
42. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
43. Without law or control.
44. A populous province in northeastern China.
48. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
53. A plant fiber used for making rope.
55. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
57. (archaic) Especially a light saddle horse for a woman.
60. One thousandth of a second.
63. Characterized by slanting characters.
65. A great raja.
69. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
73. A town of Denmark in north central Jutland.
74. Provoke someone to do something through promises or persuasion.
75. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
77. A public promotion of some product or service.
79. The amount a salary is increased.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
82. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
85. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
87. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
89. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
90. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
91. God of love and erotic desire.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
98. A state in New England.

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