Crossword Puzzle Number 3145 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
4. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
8. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
12. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
18. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
19. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
20. Covered with paving material.
22. An autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea.
24. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
25. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
28. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
29. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
31. Emptying accomplished by draining.
33. In addition.
36. The oily secretion of the sebaceous glands.
40. A state in midwestern United States.
44. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
45. Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages.
46. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
48. Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender.
51. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
52. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
53. A long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall).
54. A decree that prohibits something.
55. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
57. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
61. English essayist (1775-1834).
62. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
64. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
65. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
67. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
68. (Norse mythology) God of war and strife and son of Odin.
71. An honorary degree in science.
74. Informal terms for a mother.
76. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
78. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
89. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
90. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
91. The sixth month of the civil year.
93. One of the Muslim people of Africa.
94. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
95. English monk and scholar (672-735).
96. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
97. Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine.

DOWN

1. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
2. Wearing or provided with clothing.
3. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
4. A port city in southwestern Iran.
5. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
6. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
7. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
8. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
9. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
10. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
11. (Irish) The sea personified.
12. Something transitory.
13. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
14. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
15. A master's degree in library science.
21. Any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves.
23. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An associate degree in applied science.
30. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side.
32. With respect to race.
34. Supplied with louvers for ventilation.
35. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
37. An imaginary monster used to frighten children.
38. Not having an identifying mark.
39. The quality of being deliberately mean.
41. A historical region of southwestern India on the west coast.
42. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
43. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
47. United States physician who in 1863 founded a medical school for women (1813-1888).
49. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
50. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
56. The capital of Croatia.
58. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
59. Having the slant of a bevel.
60. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
63. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
66. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
67. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
69. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
70. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
72. The address where a person lives.
73. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
75. Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds.
76. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
77. A small cake leavened with yeast.
79. A state in northwestern North America.
80. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
82. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
83. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
84. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
86. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
87. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
92. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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