Crossword Puzzle Number 3783 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
4. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
9. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
18. Very dark black.
19. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
20. A fraudulent business scheme.
22. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
24. Of or belonging to an aecium.
26. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
28. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
30. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
43. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
45. A degenerate neutron star.
46. Any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers.
50. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
51. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
56. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
57. A motley assortment of things.
59. A person who evokes boredom.
61. A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean.
62. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
63. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
64. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
65. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
66. Being one more than nine.
67. A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way.
69. The fifth day of the week.
70. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
74. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
76. Before noon.
77. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
78. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
80. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
81. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
84. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
86. A rack for temporarily holding coats and hats.
90. Type genus of Hydnaceae.
92. Of or relating to a creed.
94. Look at with amorous intentions.
95. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
96. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
98. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
99. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
100. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
101. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
102. The sixth month of the civil year.
103. A former copper coin of Pakistan.

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1. At a previous time.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
6. Black tropical American cuckoo.
7. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
8. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
9. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
10. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
11. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
12. Used of a single unit or thing.
13. Type genus of the Amiidae.
14. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
15. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
21. Capital of Swaziland.
23. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
25. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
27. Squash bugs.
29. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
33. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
35. Dependent on chance.
36. A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. God of the underworld and judge of the dead.
41. Add salt to.
42. Genus of powdery mildews.
44. A physician who specializes in surgery.
47. A lumberman who cuts logs into lengths after the trees have been felled.
48. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
49. A New England state.
52. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
53. Light in a transparent protective case.
54. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
55. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
58. A lyric poet.
60. A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes.
68. Tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries.
69. Type genus of the Amiidae.
71. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
72. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
73. Common house and field crickets.
75. An immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen).
79. God of wealth and love.
82. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
83. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
85. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
87. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
88. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
89. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
91. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
93. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
97. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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