Crossword Puzzle Number 6560 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
4. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
9. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
13. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
16. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
18. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip.
22. An authoritative person who divines the future.
23. A human limb.
24. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde.
25. Adult female chicken.
27. A game played with young children.
29. Half the width of an em.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. A thrusting blow with a knife.
35. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
38. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
42. Capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. Lead someone in the wrong direction.
51. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
52. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
54. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency.
55. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
56. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
59. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
61. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
62. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
66. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
70. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
72. A bachelor's degree in science.
74. Having much flesh (especially fat).
75. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. Type genus of the Upupidae.
80. Obvious and dull.
84. Too numerous to be counted.
87. Speak in a nasal voice.
89. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
90. Squash bugs.
92. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
93. A quantity of no importance.
94. Torn down and broken up.
96. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
99. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
100. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
101. Further or added.
102. A city of central China.
103. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. Ground snakes.
4. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
5. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
6. A volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples.
7. An uproarious party.
8. (possibly Roman) Goddess of horses and mules and asses.
9. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
10. Any competition.
11. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
12. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
13. Jordan's port.
14. Dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa.
15. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
21. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
26. Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
28. Inability to walk.
30. A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time.
31. A major waterfall in southern Africa.
34. (Lebanese) A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
36. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
37. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
41. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
43. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
44. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
45. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus.
47. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
49. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. Any plant of the genus Erica.
57. Kauri pine.
58. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
64. A Spanish female Gypsy.
67. A dissolute person.
68. Cruel or inhumane treatment.
69. Tag the base runner to get him out.
71. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
73. The fleshy axis of a spike often surrounded by a spathe.
74. (informal) Of the highest quality.
76. Someone who is critical of the motives of others.
78. A genus of Ploceidae.
79. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
81. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
82. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
83. Like or containing small stick lumps.
85. Deeply moved.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
88. English essayist (1775-1834).
91. An antiviral drug used in the treatment of AIDS.
95. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
97. Being one more than ten.
98. An associate degree in nursing.

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