Crossword Puzzle Number 6137 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Baby bed with high sides.
8. A sudden very loud noise.
12. A vertical spar for supporting sails.
16. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
20. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
22. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
24. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
26. A short close-fitting coat.
28. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
30. Not only so, but.
32. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
33. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
34. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A quantity of no importance.
40. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
46. God of death.
48. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
50. A state in New England.
52. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
54. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
55. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
56. The capital and largest city of Kenya.
59. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
60. A relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body.
62. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
65. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
66. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
68. Large or big relative to something else.
70. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
72. Situated in or facing or moving toward the west.
73. On or toward the lee.
74. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.
77. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
81. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
82. Covered with paving material.
86. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
88. African mahogany trees.
89. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
93. (law) A defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question.
96. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
97. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
100. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
101. Very dark black.
102. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
104. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
105. How long something has existed.
106. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
107. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
108. A unit of pain intensity.
109. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

DOWN

1. Informal terms for clothing.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
4. An accountant certified by the state.
5. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
7. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
8. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
9. Closed with a lace.
10. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain.
13. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
14. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
15. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
25. Of or relating to herbs.
27. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.
29. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
35. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines.
38. Not used in all classifications.
39. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
42. Anneal or toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling.
44. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
45. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
47. A human limb.
49. Type genus of the Cebidae.
51. (often used in combination) Having hair as specified.
53. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
57. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
58. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
61. An implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end.
63. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
64. Italian painter (1696-1770).
67. Unable to relax or be still.
69. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
71. A native or inhabitant of Spain.
75. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
78. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
79. American novelist (1909-1955).
80. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
83. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
84. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
85. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
87. The capital of Morocco.
90. Something causes misery or death.
91. An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid.
92. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
94. Quality of being active or spirited or vigorous.
95. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
103. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
104. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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