Crossword Puzzle Number 6901 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central and South America.
9. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
13. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. Jordan's port.
18. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Fiddler crabs.
21. Type genus of the Culicidae.
22. The capital of Western Samoa.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit.
26. A pleasing entertainer.
29. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
31. Causing fear or dread or terror.
33. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
35. A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone.
39. 1 species.
43. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
46. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
47. American dramatist (1928- ).
52. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
53. 1/10 gram.
54. Any of various young herrings (other than brislings) canned as sardines in Norway.
55. Of or relating to or characteristic of Genoa or its inhabitants.
57. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
59. Ground snakes.
61. Type genus of the family Paridae.
62. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
65. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
66. Made of packed earth or gravel.
67. In the Roman calendar.
68. A festival featuring African-American culture.
72. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
73. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
74. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
75. Before noon.
77. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
78. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
80. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
82. A fraudulent business scheme.
85. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts.
87. A city of southeastern Mexico.
91. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
94. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
96. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
97. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
98. Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.
99. Toward the mouth or oral region.
100. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
101. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
102. Not functioning properly.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.
104. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
105. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.

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1. Exactly vertical.
2. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
3. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
4. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
5. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
6. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
7. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
8. Treated with wax.
9. Husk of a pea.
10. Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect.
11. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
12. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
13. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
14. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
25. Painful from having the skin abraded.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
30. A young woman making her debut into society.
32. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
34. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
36. Change into an ether.
37. Of or relating to a caesura.
38. (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) It is sincerely the case that.
40. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
41. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
42. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
44. Having dropped by the force of gravity.
45. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
49. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
50. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
51. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers.
56. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
58. A primeval personification of air and breath.
60. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
63. State in northeastern India.
64. A Loloish language.
69. A language of Australian aborigines.
70. Take the initiative and go on the offensive.
71. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
76. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
81. Any taillike structure.
83. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
84. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
86. A rounded projection or protuberance.
87. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
88. A city in northern India.
89. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
90. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
92. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
93. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
94. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
95. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
96. An uproarious party.

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