Crossword Puzzle Number 3428 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
4. Any compound containing the group -C=NOH.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. An effortful attempt to attain a goal.
18. The closing section of a musical composition.
19. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
20. Type genus of the Coraciidae.
23. A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor.
25. Edge tool used as a cutting instrument.
26. Common house and field crickets.
28. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
31. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
32. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
36. Of or relating to o occurring in a tube such as e.g. the fallopian tube or eustachian tube.
40. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
43. New Zealand conifer.
46. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
47. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
48. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
49. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
51. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid.
53. Having leadership guidance.
54. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
55. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
56. Organize into a code or system, such as a body of law.
61. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
63. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
64. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
65. (sociology) The conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group.
66. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
70. An antibiotic (trade name Azactam) used against severe infections.
73. An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others.
75. Relating to or derived from or resembling tartar.
76. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
80. The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society.
82. An area that includes seats for several people.
84. A small cake leavened with yeast.
85. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and Burmese borderlands.
87. Of or belonging to an aecium.
89. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
90. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
91. A special way of doing something.
93. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
94. The capital and largest city of Japan.
95. (Roman Catholic) A greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist.
96. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
97. A person who acts and gets things done.
98. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. One who works hard at boring tasks.
2. Very dark black.
3. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
4. Belonging to some prior time.
5. Denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units.
6. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
7. Wine from muscat grapes.
8. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
9. Singing jazz.
10. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
11. A public promotion of some product or service.
12. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
13. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
14. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
15. On, to, or at the top.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people.
22. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
24. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
27. United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets of padlocked containers (1874-1926).
33. Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent.
35. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
37. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
38. A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
39. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
41. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
42. Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures).
44. A city in west central Mexico.
45. The visual percept of a region.
50. The act of mimicking.
52. Being nine more than ninety.
57. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
58. A woman who is engaged to be married.
59. The ending of a series or sequence.
60. Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height.
62. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.
67. A city in northern Nigeria.
68. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
69. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
71. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
72. Trousers that end at or above the knee.
73. Being one more than one.
74. Related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain.
77. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
78. Dwell (archaic).
79. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
81. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
82. A state in midwestern United States.
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
86. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
88. (Irish) The sea personified.
92. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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