Crossword Puzzle Number 3450 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
5. At a previous time.
9. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
13. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
21. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
22. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
27. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
29. Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers.
30. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
31. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
32. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
33. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
36. A state in north central United States.
38. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
43. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
47. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
48. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
51. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
52. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
53. United States writer (born in 1933).
55. French painter whose work influenced the impressionists (1832-1883).
56. A Mid-Atlantic state.
57. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
58. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
60. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
63. A source of the dye archil and of litmus.
65. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
68. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
69. Holding or containing nothing.
72. Type genus of the Rubiaceae.
73. A persistently annoying person.
74. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
76. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
77. English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980).
80. African mahogany trees.
83. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
85. A burn cause by hot liquid or steam.
89. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. (anatomy) A small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
94. Used in combination to denote the middle.
95. Fill with high spirits.
96. American novelist (1909-1955).
98. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
99. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
100. Indigo bush.
101. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
102. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

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1. (Roman mythology) God of love.
2. A recognizable kind.
3. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
4. The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds).
5. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
6. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
7. A fraudulent business scheme.
8. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
9. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
10. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
13. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
23. Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs).
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. Any fungus of the genus Discina.
34. Capital and largest city of Botswana in the extreme southeast.
35. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
37. The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality.
39. The cry made by sheep.
40. Loss of hair (especially on the head) or wool or feathers.
41. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
44. A person forced to flee from home or country.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
46. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
49. 1 species.
50. A manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer.
54. In a tacit manner.
59. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925).
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
62. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
64. One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.
66. A grass of the genus Sporobolus.
67. A city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port.
70. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
71. A soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group.
75. An accountant certified by the state.
78. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
79. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
81. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
82. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
84. Being nine more than forty.
86. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
87. (Welsh) A warrior god.
88. A notable achievement.
91. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
92. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
93. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
97. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.

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