Crossword Puzzle Number 6491 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
4. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
8. A person who acts and gets things done.
12. Make an etching of.
16. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
17. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
18. The highest level or degree attainable.
19. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
24. Large scissors with strong blades.
26. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
27. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. Be in accord.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
32. (South African) An ear of corn.
34. The compass point midway between south and west.
36. A useful or valuable quality.
40. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
43. The sound made by a gentle blow.
45. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
46. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
47. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.
48. Remove from memory or existence.
50. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
53. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
56. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
57. A long-acting crystalline barbiturate (trade name Mebaral) used as a sedative and as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy.
59. A radioactive transuranic element.
61. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
67. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
68. A man who serves as a sailor.
71. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
72. A person forced to flee from home or country.
74. Antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia.
76. Being one more than fifty.
77. English essayist (1775-1834).
79. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
82. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
84. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
87. The basic unit of money in China.
88. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
91. A motley assortment of things.
94. Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC).
97. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
99. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
101. In or of the month preceding the present one.
102. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
103. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
104. Type genus of the Nepidae.
105. 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.
106. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
107. Desire strongly or persistently.
108. The act of scanning.
109. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.

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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. (Irish) Goddess.
4. Being nine more than ninety.
5. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
6. An indistinct shapeless form.
7. Tropical Asian starlings.
8. Material used to daub walls.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. The square of a body of any size of type.
11. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
12. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
13. Small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers.
14. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
15. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery).
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
25. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
28. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. Australian wild horse.
37. A card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as their sevens.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. Ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side.
41. Foreshadow or presage.
42. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
44. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
49. Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.
51. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
52. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
54. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
58. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
60. The area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short.
63. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
66. A state in the western United States.
69. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
70. Of or relating to a caduceus.
73. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book.
74. An indistinct shapeless form.
75. A heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge.
78. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
80. A state in northwestern North America.
81. Grow worse.
83. An offensive against and enemy (using weapons).
84. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
85. Tangled mass of prickly plants.
86. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
89. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
90. An elaborate song for solo voice.
92. Family based on male descent.
93. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
95. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
98. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
100. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.

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