Crossword Puzzle Number 3665 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
5. A brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost.
9. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
13. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
16. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
17. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
18. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
20. Type genus of the Solanaceae.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
24. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
25. The cry made by sheep.
27. (informal) Exceptionally good.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
32. English essayist (1775-1834).
34. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. Small free-swimming tunicates.
41. A state in New England.
45. Minor or subordinate.
46. Being ten more than eighty.
47. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
54. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
56. Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar.
59. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
60. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
62. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
63. The content of cognition.
66. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
68. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
71. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
72. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
75. Being without physical aid.
81. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
82. Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides.
84. Wild ginger.
87. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
91. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
92. Jordan's port.
94. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
96. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
97. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
99. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
101. An expression of open-mouthed astonishment.
102. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
103. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
104. A small hard fruit.
105. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
106. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.

DOWN

1. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
2. Beside one another in a row or rank.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Jordan's port.
5. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
6. God of love and erotic desire.
7. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
8. A castrated tomcat.
9. Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
12. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
13. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
14. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
15. Of or being the lowest female voice.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
28. A public square with room for pedestrians.
31. Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions.
33. Being five more than fifty.
35. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
36. Meat from a domestic hog or pig.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. Find repugnant.
40. Generally approved or compelling recognition.
42. (New Testament) One of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. Absence of the sense of smell (as by damage to olfactory nasal tissue or the olfactory nerve or by obstruction of the nasal passages).
48. Low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage.
51. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. (of securities) Bought and sold on a stock exchange.
55. Informal terms for a mother.
57. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
58. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
61. (Akkadian) Father of the gods and consort of Tiamat.
64. Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.
65. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
67. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
69. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
70. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
73. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
76. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
77. A state in north central United States.
78. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
79. The act of using.
80. A volcano in south central Guatemala.
81. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
83. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
86. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
88. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
89. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
90. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
93. An associate degree in applied science.
95. An accountant certified by the state.
98. Being one more than one.
100. A public promotion of some product or service.

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