Crossword Puzzle Number 3333 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. Order by virtue of superior authority.
9. Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
17. A member of an American Indian peoples of NE South America and the Lesser Antilles.
18. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
19. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
22. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
23. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
25. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
27. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
29. Advanced in years.
30. The sterilization of an animal.
32. Lack of sight.
34. A practitioner of voodoo.
37. A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole.
39. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
40. A crime syndicate in the United States.
43. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
47. Capital and largest city of Italy.
49. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
51. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
52. In operation or operational.
53. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
57. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
58. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
60. Widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers.
62. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
64. A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. A reddish-brown chloride of heme.
67. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
68. The fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe.
71. Filled with a great quantity.
74. In bed.
76. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
77. A region in central Italy.
79. A school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences.
80. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
83. Opinion or judgment.
85. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
89. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
90. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
93. Studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).
95. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
96. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
97. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
98. The basic unit of money on Malta.
99. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
100. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
101. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
102. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
103. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
3. Employed in accomplishing something.
4. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
5. (British) Your grandmother.
6. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
7. A roll of tobacco for smoking.
8. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
9. A brief swim in water.
10. Water chestnut whose spiny fruit has two rather than 4 prongs.
11. Remove from its packing.
12. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
13. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
14. French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911).
15. A house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses.
21. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
24. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
26. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
28. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
31. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
33. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
35. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
36. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A primeval personification of air and breath.
42. A radioactive element of the alkali-metal group discovered as a disintegration product of actinium.
44. Island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba.
45. 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.
46. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
48. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
50. Tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall.
54. A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
55. All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
56. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
59. Toward the mouth or oral region.
61. Jordan's port.
63. The Teutonic goddess of fertility.
69. An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
70. An artist of consummate skill.
71. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
72. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
73. An announcement containing information about a future event.
74. An associate degree in nursing.
75. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
78. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
81. A French abbot.
82. Any competition.
84. A university in Connecticut.
86. Set down according to a plan.
87. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
88. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
91. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
92. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
94. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.

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