Crossword Puzzle Number 6871 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Of or relating to near the ear.
5. Armor plate that protects the chest.
9. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
13. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
16. Large American feline resembling a lion.
17. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
18. United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910).
19. An affirmative.
20. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
21. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
23. Bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding.
25. A genus of Lamnidae.
27. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
28. A member of the Uniat Church.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. A region in northmost Europe inhabited by Lapps.
33. A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea.
38. A Mid-Atlantic state.
41. Jordan's port.
42. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
46. A city in east central Texas.
48. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
49. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
50. A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice.
52. Black tropical American cuckoo.
54. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
55. A genus of Accipitridae.
57. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
58. A language group of the Hokan family.
62. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
64. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. A grant made by a law court.
66. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
67. The craniometric point at the junction of the anterior border of the lacrimal bone with the frontal bone.
69. Australian clover fern.
71. Having winglike extensions.
72. Suggestive of the supernatural.
73. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
75. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
77. The compass point that is one point south of southwest.
80. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
83. South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers.
86. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
87. A worker who shovels.
89. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
90. A meeting for boat races.
92. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
94. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
95. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
96. King of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC).
98. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
99. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
100. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
101. A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle.
102. The act of catching an object with the hands.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
2. A soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime.
3. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
4. Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes.
5. Take in solid food.
6. Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.
7. An Eskimo hut.
8. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
9. God of wealth and love.
10. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
11. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
12. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
13. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
14. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root.
15. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
22. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
24. (of meat) Full of sinews.
26. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
34. The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands.
35. Arranged in or consisting of laminae.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. Durable fragrant wood.
39. A republic in northwestern South America.
40. A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents.
43. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
44. A flexible container with a single opening.
45. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
51. One thousandth of a second.
53. (prefix) Within.
56. A songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto.
59. Tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas.
60. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
61. Feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.
63. A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency.
68. A mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high).
70. An elderly person.
71. Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.
74. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
76. The second largest continent.
78. Large marine snail much used as food in Europe.
79. Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust.
81. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
82. A movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing.
84. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
85. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
88. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
91. A bachelor's degree in theology.
93. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
97. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.

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