Crossword Puzzle Number 4736 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Weapons considered collectively.
5. Greenish-yellow pear.
9. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
16. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
17. Humble request for help.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. A city in Tuscany.
21. (Arthurian legend) The magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor.
22. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
24. Complacently or inanely foolish.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
27. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
29. Expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase.
31. Dwell (archaic).
33. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
34. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
38. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
43. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
45. In or of the present month.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
49. Being divided or separated.
50. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
52. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
53. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
56. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. Serving to set in motion.
60. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
61. (Greek mythology) God of love.
62. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
63. Large mostly white Australian stork.
65. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
67. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
70. Constituting the undiminished entirety.
72. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
73. A Mid-Atlantic state.
74. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
76. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
78. A master's degree in business.
80. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
83. The state of being split or cleft.
88. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
91. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
92. Durable fragrant wood.
93. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
94. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
96. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
98. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
99. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
100. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
101. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
102. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
103. A radioactive transuranic element.

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1. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
2. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout.
3. A Nilotic language.
4. The largest city of China.
5. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
6. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
7. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. An atom having a valence of one.
10. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
11. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse.
12. Absence of the pupil in an eye.
13. Having winglike extensions.
14. Close-fitting pants of heavy denim for casual wear (usually in the plural).
15. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
23. The middle area of the human torso (usually in front).
25. Order by virtue of superior authority.
28. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
30. The square of a body of any size of type.
32. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
37. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
39. A fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt by Scottish Highlanders.
40. Tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers.
41. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
46. 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.
47. Emotionally affected.
48. The feel of a surface or a fabric.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
54. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
55. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
57. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
59. Slightly open.
64. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
66. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
68. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
69. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
71. The sound of an alarm (usually a bell).
72. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
75. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
77. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
79. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
80. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
81. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
82. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
84. (prefix) Within.
85. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
86. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
87. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
89. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
90. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
95. A state in midwestern United States.
97. An associate degree in nursing.

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