Crossword Puzzle Number 4689 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped.
4. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
9. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
13. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
20. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
21. Freight car without permanent sides or roof.
23. An angry dispute.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
29. The capital of Western Samoa.
30. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
32. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
34. God of the earth.
35. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
36. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
39. Little known Kamarupan languages.
43. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
45. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
47. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
49. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
51. A game in which darts are thrown at a dartboard.
52. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
53. 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.
55. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
57. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
59. A person forced to flee from home or country.
61. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
63. Related by blood.
64. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
66. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
68. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
70. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
71. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
72. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
73. Half the width of an em.
74. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
76. Used of a single unit or thing.
77. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something.
80. A deep bow.
84. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
85. The sixth month of the civil year.
89. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
92. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
95. Cause a floating log to rotate by treading.
97. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
98. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
99. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
101. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
103. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
104. The cry made by sheep.
105. Little known Kamarupan languages.
106. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
107. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
108. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

DOWN

1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
3. A battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809).
4. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
5. The sign language used in the United States.
6. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
7. Of or relating to Mithraism or its god.
8. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
9. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
12. An informal debt instrument.
13. A protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers.
14. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
15. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
24. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people.
26. Inability to perceive written words.
31. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
33. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
37. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
38. Chipmunks of western America and Asia.
40. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
41. Many times at short intervals.
42. Inducing resonance.
44. A net or mesh foundation for lace.
46. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
48. A choice or delicious dish.
50. Lower in esteem.
54. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
58. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
60. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
62. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
65. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
67. A midday meal.
69. A flock of geese.
75. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
76. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
78. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range.
79. Animal food for browsing or grazing.
81. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
82. A genus of Lamnidae.
83. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
86. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
87. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
88. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
90. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
91. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
93. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
94. The airforce of Great Britain.
96. (Irish) The sea personified.
100. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
102. A public promotion of some product or service.

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