Crossword Puzzle Number 3153 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A leather strap used to sharpen razors.
9. Give over.
13. Situated at the top or highest position.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
18. United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961).
19. Used of a single unit or thing.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. A member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river.
23. A person who yawns.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
29. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
32. Before noon.
33. Minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body with siphons through which water enters and leaves.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
41. Wool of the alpaca.
45. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
46. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
48. A resident of Nevada.
51. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. The act of deciding to do something.
58. A small natural hill.
59. Term of address for a man.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
62. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
63. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
65. A light touch or stroke.
68. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
73. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people.
75. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
77. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
79. Being one more than sixty.
80. A large fleet.
82. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
84. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
88. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
89. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
92. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
94. The cry made by sheep.
95. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
96. A fraudulent business scheme.
97. Divisible by two.
98. A cgs unit of work or energy.
99. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
100. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
101. An informal term for a father.
102. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. A three-tone Chadic language.
6. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
7. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
8. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
9. (India) Flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Free from liquid or moisture.
12. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh.
13. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
14. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
15. Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974).
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
24. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
26. A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.
28. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
34. A person who designs and writes and tests computer programs.
36. A genus of Carangidae.
37. The first event in a series.
38. A decree that prohibits something.
39. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
40. The language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life.
42. (informal) Very tired.
43. Russian ballerina (1882-1931).
44. Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908).
47. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
49. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
50. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
64. Of or relating to the gonads.
65. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
66. (informal) Of the highest quality.
67. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
69. A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore.
70. A severe shortage (especially a shortage of food).
71. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
72. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
74. Used of eyes lacking liveliness.
76. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
77. A state in New England.
78. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
81. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
82. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
83. A distinguished female operatic singer.
85. In bed.
86. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
87. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
90. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
91. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
93. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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