Crossword Puzzle Number 3808 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
4. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
9. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
16. Late time of life.
17. Big-eyed scad.
18. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
19. The capital and largest city of Japan.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
24. The craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet.
26. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. Father of the storm gods Marut.
31. A fund of money put by as a reserve.
32. A band around the crown of a hat just above the brim.
34. A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right.
38. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
39. Capital of the state of New Hampshire.
44. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
46. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
49. Small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail.
53. A steep descent of the water of a river.
55. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
56. A Greek island west of Greece.
59. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
60. Divisible by two.
62. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
63. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
64. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
65. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
66. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
67. Absent without permission.
68. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
70. 1 species.
73. Coming next after the ninth and just before the eleventh in position.
74. British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa.
77. A city in northern India.
79. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818).
82. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
87. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
88. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
92. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
95. A person's brother or sister.
96. A cgs unit of work or energy.
97. A soiled or discolored appearance.
98. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
99. 10 grams.

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1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. Cause to regain consciousness.
6. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
7. Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
8. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
11. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
12. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
13. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
14. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
15. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
21. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Caspian Sea.
23. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
25. Devoid of brightness or appeal.
27. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
29. Any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae.
33. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
35. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
36. Provide with a coating, as of chocolates.
37. Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.
40. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. Free from dirt or impurities.
42. (music) The third note of a diatonic scale.
43. Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
45. An expression of greeting.
48. United States abolitionist (1786-1865).
50. A radioactive transuranic element.
51. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
52. Spider monkeys.
54. Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness.
57. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
58. A city of central Russia south of Moscow.
61. (comparative of `near' or `close') Within a shorter distance.
64. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
69. United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859).
71. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
72. A form of address for a man.
75. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
76. Station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods.
78. Jordan's port.
80. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
81. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
85. Type genus of the Amiidae.
86. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
89. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
90. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
91. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
93. A state in midwestern United States.
94. A bachelor's degree in science.

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