Crossword Puzzle Number 4256 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. Having a shell or or containing shell.
9. In addition.
13. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States.
18. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
19. Gone by.
20. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. Give out.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
24. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
26. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
29. On or toward the lee.
31. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
32. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
34. The capital of Eritrea.
37. Short and fat.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. (usually in the plural) Pants for casual wear.
49. A physician who specializes in psychiatry.
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
53. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
54. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
57. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
59. Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal.
61. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
63. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
65. Lacking companions or companionship.
66. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
67. A port city in northeastern Greece on an inlet of the Aegean Sea.
69. A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
70. Relieve from military service.
72. A nation in northern North America.
74. A midwestern state in north central United States.
75. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
76. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
77. Humorously vulgar.
81. A light semitransparent fabric.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
88. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
90. Of or relating to theism.
92. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
93. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
95. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
96. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
97. A biased way of looking at or presenting something.
98. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
99. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
100. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

DOWN

1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
2. A characteristic state or mode of living.
3. A deep bow.
4. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
5. Ground snakes.
6. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
7. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
8. In some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae.
9. United States painter born in Germany.
10. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
11. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.
12. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
13. The capital of Morocco.
14. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
15. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
25. (of fabrics) Having soft nap produced by brushing.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
30. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
35. Add salt to.
36. A royal treasury.
38. 100 qindarka equal 1 lek.
41. A Japanese Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible.
42. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
44. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
45. In an acute manner.
47. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
48. A particular situation.
50. Adorned by inlays.
51. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
55. Wool of the alpaca.
56. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
58. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
60. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
62. A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States.
64. Related on the mother's side.
68. Of or relating to or characteristic of Latvia or its people or language.
69. In some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae.
71. In a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side.
73. An Iranian language spoken in Iran and Russia.
78. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
79. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
80. Lacking in liveliness or animation.
82. A kiln for drying hops.
83. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
84. A state in the western United States.
85. Small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains.
86. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
89. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
91. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
94. A radioactive transuranic element.

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