Crossword Puzzle Number 4157 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A period of time spent sleeping.
4. A group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor.
9. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
13. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
16. How long something has existed.
17. Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
18. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. Spotted crakes.
22. Highly seasoned fatty sausage of pork and beef usually dried.
24. Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue.
25. Largest known toad species.
26. A variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game.
28. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
29. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
30. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
31. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
37. Someone whose business is advertising.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
46. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
48. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
50. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
51. Soviet ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations (1909-1989).
54. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
56. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
58. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
59. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
60. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
61. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
63. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
65. A small cake leavened with yeast.
67. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
68. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
69. Used especially in treating bruises.
73. Edge tool used as a cutting instrument.
75. A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
76. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
78. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
79. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
80. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
82. A decree that prohibits something.
83. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
85. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
87. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
91. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
94. German chemist who did research on high-speed chemical reactions (born in 1927).
95. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
96. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
97. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
100. An informal term for a father.
102. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
103. A light touch or stroke.
104. Leather with a napped surface.
105. On, to, or at the top.
106. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
107. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
108. A projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint.
109. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
110. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. Highly excited.
3. A republic in western South America.
4. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
5. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
6. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
7. 1/10 gram.
8. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
9. The capital of Emilia-Romagna.
10. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
11. Lacking in light.
12. A town in north central Oklahoma.
13. Type genus of the Percidae.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
21. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. A can for storing tea.
29. South American cavy.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. (sports) With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level.
36. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
38. A recognizable kind.
39. The animal order including amoebas.
41. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
42. The event of dying or departure from life.
43. A lawyer who pleads cases in court.
45. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
47. A motley assortment of things.
49. (prefix) Within.
52. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
53. Rheumatic or myalgic pains in the arms or legs.
55. The cry made by sheep.
57. Long-winged web-footed aquatic bird of the gull family.
62. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
64. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
66. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
70. An industrial city in the eastern Netherlands.
71. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
72. Obvious and dull.
74. Gases ejected from an engine as waste products.
75. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
77. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
78. A town in north central Oklahoma.
81. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
82. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
84. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
86. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
88. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
89. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
90. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
92. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
93. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
98. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
99. The capital and largest city of Japan.
101. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

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