Crossword Puzzle Number 3778 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
5. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
9. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
13. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
16. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
17. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
18. A Spanish river.
19. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
20. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
21. Not widely known.
22. Representation of the cross on which Jesus died.
23. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. In a desperate manner.
26. Mostly black African weaverbird.
29. A local computer network for communication between computers.
31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
32. A beautiful and graceful girl.
35. Little known Kamarupan languages.
38. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
40. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
41. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
43. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
46. Small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs.
49. A city in the central Netherlands.
50. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
51. Having leadership guidance.
52. A state in New England.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
54. Bar temporarily.
56. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
61. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
62. Having an elongated seating area.
63. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
65. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
66. Being one more than one.
67. Coarsely ground grain in the form of pellets (as for pet food).
70. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
72. Lacking in amplitude or quantity.
75. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
78. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
79. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
80. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
81. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
85. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
89. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
91. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.
93. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
94. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
95. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
97. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
98. Something that remunerates.
99. An affirmative.
100. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
101. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
102. A city in northwestern Syria.

DOWN

1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
2. On or toward the lee.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Freetail bats.
5. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
6. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
7. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
8. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
9. The chief source of beryllium.
10. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
12. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
13. Someone who makes or gives a pledge.
14. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
15. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
27. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
28. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
30. Cause to be more favorably inclined.
33. Selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas n.
34. Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war).
36. The basic unit of money in Romania.
37. Out of bed.
39. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
42. Similar to the color of a ripe orange.
44. Congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters).
45. Front paw.
47. As if new.
48. A genus of Indriidae.
55. The hair growing on the lower part of a man's face.
57. A genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae.
58. (informal) Very bad.
59. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
60. A state in east central United States.
64. The brother of your father or mother.
68. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
69. A university town in southeast Wyoming.
70. The chief source of beryllium.
71. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
72. Someone who makes or gives a pledge.
73. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
74. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
76. Someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision.
77. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
82. A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
83. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
84. A Dravidian language spoken in southeast India.
86. The face of a timepiece.
87. At or constituting a border or edge.
88. Relatively deep or strong.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
96. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
97. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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