Crossword Puzzle Number 5300 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
5. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
9. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
13. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
16. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
17. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
18. The capital and largest city of Norway.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
22. Read anew.
24. A master's degree in business.
25. Silkworm moths.
26. Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.).
28. Top part of an apron.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
32. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
34. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
39. Something that is a source of danger.
42. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
43. A Russian vehicle (carriage or sled) pulled by three horses abreast.
45. Extremely robust.
46. A suburb of Paris.
47. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
49. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
50. The month following August and preceding October.
51. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
52. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
57. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins).
60. Take away the weapons from.
61. Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family.
62. Wildly disordered.
63. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
64. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds.
65. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
66. Sect of Orthodox Jews who follow the Mosaic Law strictly.
70. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
71. A poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups.
73. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
74. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
76. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
77. Curved or curving in and out.
80. Affectedly dainty or refined.
85. A glancing rebound.
88. Any of several East Indian birds.
90. The eleventh month of the civil year.
91. The father of your father or mother.
93. The habitation of wild animals.
94. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
96. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
98. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
99. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
100. Cut off the testicles.
101. Made of packed earth or gravel.
102. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

DOWN

1. (informal) Of the highest quality.
2. A Loloish language.
3. Be teeming, be abuzz.
4. Not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred.
5. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
6. Southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits.
7. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
8. A pirate along the Barbary coast.
9. A siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
10. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
11. A resident of Alabama.
12. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Lodine).
13. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
23. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
27. Remaining after all deductions.
29. A spoken blessing.
33. Cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast.
35. Any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South and Central America.
36. Characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
37. A naval spectacle.
38. An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.
40. Minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans.
41. Fix firmly or securely.
44. A branch of the Tai languages.
48. Unknown god.
53. A persistently annoying person.
54. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
55. An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws.
56. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
58. Refuse to go along with.
59. A state in midwestern United States.
67. Of or pertaining to or affected by albinism.
68. One millionth of a gram.
69. Tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes.
70. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
72. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
75. Swedish economist (1898-1987).
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
78. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
79. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
81. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
82. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
83. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
84. Roman poet remembered for his elegiac verses on love (43 BC - AD 17).
86. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
87. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
89. A humorous anecdote or remark.
92. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
93. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
95. A doctor's degree in religion.
96. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
97. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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