Crossword Puzzle Number 3444 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
5. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
9. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants.
13. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
16. English essayist (1775-1834).
17. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. The act of scanning.
21. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
22. A branch of the Tai languages.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
26. A Loloish language.
27. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
29. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
32. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
37. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
41. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
42. One celestial body obscures another v 1.
43. Flat tableland with steep edges.
44. Food chopped into small bits.
45. A state in northwestern North America.
46. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
47. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
48. The capital and largest city of Japan.
49. The younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy.
53. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
58. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
59. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
60. An extinct ancient language of unknown affinities.
61. (Greek mythology) A sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait.
63. Being nine more than ninety.
64. 16 ounces.
65. Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip.
67. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
68. A cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity.
74. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
75. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
77. Silkworm moths.
82. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
85. One thousandth of a second.
89. A Scottish word.
90. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
92. A small cake leavened with yeast.
94. A tight-fitting headdress.
95. Bright and pleasant.
96. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
97. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
98. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.

DOWN

1. (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) Quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A city of central China.
4. Durable fragrant wood.
5. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
6. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
7. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
8. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
9. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
10. An island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai).
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
14. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. Bearing or characterized by a blade or sword.
28. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
30. Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus.
31. Chief port of Yemen.
33. Be iridescent.
34. A Spanish title of respect for a married woman.
35. A state of dishonor.
36. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
38. Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.
39. Edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells.
40. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
50. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it.
51. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
52. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
54. Relating to or produced by ergot.
55. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
56. A small lump or protuberance.
57. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
62. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
66. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
69. In a weak and unconvincing manner.
70. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
71. The cardinal number that is the sum of six and one.
72. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
73. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
74. How long something has existed.
76. Jordan's port.
78. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
79. Belonging to some prior time.
80. A genus of Mustelidae.
81. A radioactive transuranic element.
83. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
84. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
86. Being one more than two.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
88. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
91. A person forced to flee from home or country.
93. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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