Crossword Puzzle Number 4376 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
12. The probability of a specified outcome.
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. Being nothing more than specified.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. Great in vertical dimension.
22. Cut off the testicles.
23. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
24. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
26. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
29. A newt in its terrestrial stage of development.
31. Avatar of Vishnu.
33. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. Small lynx of North America.
37. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
40. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
41. A master's degree in business.
43. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968).
48. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
53. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
54. Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980).
56. Cause to ripen.
57. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
58. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
59. Give qualities or abilities to.
60. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
61. By bad luck.
64. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
65. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
67. Italian painter and engraver noted for his frescoes (1431-1506).
69. 10 grams.
70. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by Ancient Greeks.
71. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
72. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
74. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
76. Of or concerning this or that.
79. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
80. Relating to the pineal body.
83. A state of extreme confusion and disorder.
86. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
90. Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching.
92. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
94. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
95. A boy or man.
96. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
98. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
99. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
100. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
101. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
102. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
103. The bill in a restaurant.

DOWN

1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. Type genus of the Ranidae.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
7. Painful grief.
8. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
9. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
10. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
11. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
12. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
13. A period of 10 years.
14. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
15. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
25. Reach, make, or come to a decision about something.
27. A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (27,790 feet high).
28. Make amends for.
30. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Of or relating to an oracle.
36. A city in western Germany on the Rhine River.
38. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Chaplain and the Saint Lawrence River.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
42. A field game played with a ball (especially baseball).
44. Any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers.
45. The least possible.
47. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
49. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
50. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
51. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks.
52. Used of high or hilly country.
55. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
62. Used of a single unit or thing.
63. Any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece.
66. A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.
68. English Shakespearean actor also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000).
69. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
73. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
75. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
77. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
78. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
81. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
82. Ctenophores lacking tentacles.
84. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
85. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
87. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
88. An informal term for a father.
89. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
91. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
93. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
97. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.

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