Crossword Puzzle Number 6153 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
4. A slender double-reed instrument.
8. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis.
12. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
18. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
19. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
20. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
21. An Italian poet famous for `The Divine Comedy'--a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321).
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
24. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
25. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
27. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
30. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
32. (of tempo) Moderately slow n.
34. The commonest type of solidified lava.
38. European shad.
42. A tributary of the Rhine.
43. Ground snakes.
46. American Revolutionary patriot.
47. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
50. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
56. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
61. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
62. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
63. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
65. Make less active or intense.
66. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
69. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
70. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
71. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
73. Fill with high spirits.
75. A bachelor's degree in library science.
77. Any of various units of capacity.
79. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. An adult castrated bull of the genus Bos.
84. Noisy talk.
87. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
90. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
93. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
95. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
96. Not reflecting light.
97. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
98. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
99. Black tropical American cuckoo.
100. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
101. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
102. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
103. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.

DOWN

1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
2. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
3. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
4. A severe or trying experience.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
7. (prefix) Within.
8. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
9. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
10. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
11. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
12. Informal terms for money.
13. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
22. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
26. Someone with an assured and ingratiating manner.
28. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
29. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
31. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
33. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
35. A gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance.
36. The largest city of China.
37. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
39. 100 likuta equal 1 zaire.
40. An optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex.
41. A withered dryness.
44. The month following July and preceding September.
45. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
51. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
52. Lower in esteem.
53. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
54. Loose or flaccid body fat.
55. Genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
64. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
67. An ability to understand a broad range of topics.
68. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
69. (prefix) Within.
72. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
74. Antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients.
76. French novelist.
78. Being three more than sixty.
81. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
82. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
85. Beside one another in a row or rank.
86. The closing section of a musical composition.
88. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
89. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
91. A resource.
92. The sign language used in the United States.
94. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.

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