Crossword Puzzle Number 3087 (Large Grid)

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1. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
5. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
9. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
17. One thousandth of a second.
18. The content of cognition.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
21. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
25. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
26. A grant made by a law court.
28. A light touch or stroke.
31. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
33. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. Covered with paving material.
42. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
43. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
45. The highest level or degree attainable.
48. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
49. (Welsh) A warrior god.
50. A festival featuring African-American culture.
52. The brightest star in Cygnus.
53. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
55. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
56. Being one more than sixty.
57. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
58. (archaic) A burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle).
61. Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504).
64. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
65. Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative).
66. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
67. Sour or bitter in taste.
69. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
70. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
73. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
75. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
76. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
77. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
79. Of a pale purple color.
82. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
84. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
87. A firm open-weave fabric used for a curtain in the theater.
91. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
94. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
95. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
97. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
99. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
100. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
101. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
103. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
104. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
105. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
106. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
107. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
108. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
109. A public promotion of some product or service.

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1. One who works hard at boring tasks.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. Offering fun and gaiety.
4. The father of your father or mother.
5. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
6. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
7. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
8. (in various religions) The world of the dead.
9. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
10. Someone whose business is advertising.
11. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
12. National capital of Kiribati.
13. A small cake leavened with yeast.
14. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
27. Used especially of timbers or boards.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
32. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
34. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
35. An elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass.
36. An awkward stupid person.
39. Something that is a source of danger.
40. French philosopher and theologian.
41. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
44. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. The greatest or most complete or best possible.
51. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
54. A city in north central Morocco.
59. Soft leather from deerskin or lambskin.
60. United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935).
62. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
63. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
68. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco.
71. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
72. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
74. Top part of an apron.
78. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
80. A male servant (especially a footman).
81. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
82. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
83. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
88. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
89. An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another.
90. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
92. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
93. Distant in either space or time.
96. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
98. The sign language used in the United States.
99. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
102. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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