Crossword Puzzle Number 5764 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
9. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
13. Having only superficial plausibility.
16. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
17. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
18. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. How long something has existed.
20. Fictitious land described in the novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler.
22. Marked for certain death.
24. In or of the month preceding the present one.
25. Having a woven pattern.
27. Person who does no work.
29. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
30. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
36. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
42. Used of old persons or old trees.
46. Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
47. Not softened by the addition of padding.
50. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
51. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
52. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
53. Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs.
54. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
55. Aromatic resin used in perfume and incense.
57. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
59. Explosive consisting of a yellow crystalline compound that is a flammable toxic derivative of toluene.
60. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
62. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
63. A city in northern India.
65. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
67. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
70. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
71. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
73. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
75. A student who studies excessively.
76. A large fleet.
79. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
81. A native-born Israeli.
84. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
87. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
91. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
94. A public promotion of some product or service.
96. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
97. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
98. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
101. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
102. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.
104. A lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis.
105. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.

DOWN

1. English monk and scholar (672-735).
2. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
3. A composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines.
4. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
5. A coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.
6. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
7. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
10. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
11. Towards the side away from the wind.
12. A state in midwestern United States.
13. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
14. Metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon.
15. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
21. Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981.
23. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
26. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
28. Basic principles of the cosmos.
32. Any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida.
34. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
35. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
37. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
38. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
39. A person who keeps watch over something or someone.
40. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
41. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
43. An arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions.
44. Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of nickel-chromium steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures.
45. Treacherously cowardly.
48. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. A flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll.
56. Noisy talk.
58. A small amount of residue.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. Informal terms for money.
66. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
67. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
68. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
69. A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
72. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
74. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
78. A Mid-Atlantic state.
80. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
82. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
83. Divulge information or secrets.
85. A state in north central United States.
86. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
88. A Loloish language.
89. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
90. An artificial source of visible illumination.
92. Tag the base runner to get him out.
93. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
95. A young woman making her debut into society.
96. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
99. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
100. An uproarious party.

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