Crossword Puzzle Number 6916 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An advantageous purchase.
4. Large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood.
9. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
13. Your general store of remembered information.
16. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
17. Female ruff v 1.
18. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
20. Someone who has red hair.
22. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
26. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
27. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
29. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
33. A soft silvery metallic element.
34. Affected manners intended to impress others.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
46. Grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers.
47. A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list.
48. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
51. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
52. A long-playing phonograph record.
53. (formerly) A horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
56. Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890).
58. What you can repeat immediately after perceiving it.
59. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
60. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
64. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
65. Relating to or located near a tibia.
67. The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
68. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
70. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
71. The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting.
73. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
74. Genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white.
76. Related by blood.
77. Large American feline resembling a lion.
79. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
81. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
83. 16 ounces.
86. The skin that covers the top of the head.
91. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
93. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
97. Black tropical American cuckoo.
99. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
100. Preserve of crushed fruit.
101. A master's degree in education.
102. A West African language closely related to Fula.
103. A Loloish language.
104. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

DOWN

1. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
2. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
3. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
4. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
5. An affirmative.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
8. Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
9. Used of old persons or old trees.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
11. American novelist (1909-1955).
12. After the expected or usual time.
13. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
14. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
15. Female equine animal.
21. A slang term for a jail.
23. Personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
35. Not participating in a chemical reaction.
36. Recall knowledge from memory.
39. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
41. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
42. Of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people.
43. An ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck.
45. Squash bugs.
49. Continuing forever or indefinitely.
50. Related on the mother's side.
54. Disposed to venture or take risks.
55. In addition.
57. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
61. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
62. A fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal.
63. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
66. (medieval legends) The bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other.
69. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
72. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
75. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
78. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
80. A telegram sent abroad.
82. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
83. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
84. Bringing death.
85. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
87. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
88. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
89. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
90. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
92. A Hindu prince or king in India.
94. Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'.
95. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
96. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
98. A state in midwestern United States.

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