Crossword Puzzle Number 3157 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
4. (superlative of `good') Having the most positive qualities.
8. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
12. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
16. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
18. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
19. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. A republic in northwestern South America.
24. A city of central China.
25. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
27. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
28. Large and brightly colored handkerchief.
30. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
36. A percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer.
38. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
40. An easy victory.
44. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
46. A shaped mass of baked bread.
48. Of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras.
50. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
51. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
55. First in order of importance.
56. The month following April and preceding June.
57. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
59. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
60. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
63. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
66. A state in southeastern United States.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
68. A member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada.
69. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
71. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
73. A resource.
75. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
79. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
82. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
84. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
86. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
87. Be sufficient.
91. Highly excited.
92. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
95. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
96. Covered with paving material.
99. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
100. Any of various small plant-sucking insects.
101. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
103. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
104. A master's degree in education.
105. Electric underground railway.
106. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
107. A local computer network for communication between computers.

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1. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. Show a response or a reaction to something.
4. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
5. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
6. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
7. 1 species.
8. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
9. One of a family of granular intrusive rocks.
10. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
11. A German machine gun.
12. A corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation.
13. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
14. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
15. Type genus of the Ranidae.
21. A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance.
23. A Russian river.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Of a pale purple color.
32. A bachelor's degree in religion.
35. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
37. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
39. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
41. Deprived of parents by death or desertion.
42. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
43. Type genus of the Plataleidae.
45. (Welsh) Underworld god.
47. (used of a horse or related animal) Born.
49. A Hindu prince or king in India.
53. Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. (anatomy) A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
61. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
62. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
65. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
70. A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
74. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
75. Sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system.
77. The act of escaping physically.
78. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
80. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
81. Constituting or relating to a tail.
83. Leather with a napped surface.
84. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
85. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
88. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
89. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
90. Not fake or counterfeit.
93. The basic unit of money on Malta.
94. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
97. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
98. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
102. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
103. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.

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