Crossword Puzzle Number 3470 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The airforce of Great Britain.
4. Affect with wonder.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
13. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
16. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
17. Obvious and dull.
18. Not easy.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
22. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
25. By bad luck.
26. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. Spider monkeys.
33. A blank leaf in the front of back of a book.
37. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
39. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
40. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
44. Fiddler crabs.
47. Social insect living in organized colonies.
48. Unwind or untwist.
50. A convex shape that narrows toward a point.
53. Thin and fit.
54. Of or containing iridium.
56. Avatar of Vishnu.
57. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
58. East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed.
60. In accordance with nature.
62. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
64. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
66. Make less active or intense.
67. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
68. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
71. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
73. Type genus of the Anatidae.
76. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
78. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
79. Showing deterioration from age.
81. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
85. An associate degree in applied science.
87. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
88. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
90. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
94. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
96. Small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves.
98. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
99. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
100. A mining town in southern Wales.
102. On or toward the lee.
103. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
104. French composer of operas (1842-1912).
105. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

DOWN

1. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
2. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
3. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
8. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
9. Grayish baboon of southern and eastern Africa.
10. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
11. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
12. A doctor's degree in religion.
13. Jutting or overhanging.
14. Remove from memory or existence.
15. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
21. A collection of Psalms for liturgical use.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
27. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
28. The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail.
30. Decisively defeated in combat.
34. The basic unit of money in Honduras.
35. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
36. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
38. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
41. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
42. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door.
43. Polished and well-groomed.
45. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
46. Having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity.
49. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
51. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
52. A South American river.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
59. Of or relating to a dialect of Sotho or the Bantu people who speak it.
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
63. Characterized by the interdependence of living organisms in an environment.
65. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
69. Step on it.
70. A public promotion of some product or service.
72. The cry made by sheep.
74. A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4).
75. Imperial moths.
76. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
77. A decree that prohibits something.
80. Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
81. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
82. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
83. A short composition for a solo instrument.
84. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
86. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
89. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
91. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
92. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
93. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
95. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
97. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
101. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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