Crossword Puzzle Number 7214 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey.
9. The basic unit of money in China.
13. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Held in servitude.
18. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
19. The residue that remains when something is burned.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
21. Enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds.
23. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
28. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
29. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
34. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
36. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
37. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
40. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
42. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
44. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
46. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
48. A domain in which something is dominant.
51. Tropical Asian starlings.
52. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
54. Voluntarily absent from home or country.
56. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
57. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
58. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
60. Either extremity of something that has length.
62. The month following March and preceding May.
63. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
65. A fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect.
67. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
69. The seventh month of the civil year.
71. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
73. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
75. A small cake leavened with yeast.
77. A quantity that is added.
78. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
81. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
83. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
85. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
86. Family based on male descent.
87. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
89. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
91. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
94. An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety.
97. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
100. A human limb.
101. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
104. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
106. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
107. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
108. Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.
109. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
110. A light touch or stroke.
111. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
112. Lean end of the neck.
113. An informal term for a father.
114. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
5. On or toward the lee.
6. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
7. A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena.
8. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
9. Iranian religious leader of the Shiites.
10. A dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta.
11. Great coolness and composure under strain.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
14. A river in southeastern France.
15. Having a shell or or containing shell.
22. A state in midwestern United States.
24. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
26. Salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. A criminal who illegally sets fire to property.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon.
39. Reports of the work of a society or learned body etc.
41. A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money.
43. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
45. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
47. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
49. Presence of excess lipids in the blood.
50. Harshly ironic or sinister.
53. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
55. Half the width of an em.
59. Firmly fastened or secured against opening.
61. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
64. Not out.
66. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
68. A motley assortment of things.
70. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
72. A place where taxis park while awaiting customers.
74. An associate degree in applied science.
76. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
79. (of reproduction) Not involving the fusion of male and female gametes reproduction".
80. A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite.
81. Towards the side away from the wind.
82. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
84. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
88. An associate degree in nursing.
90. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
92. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
93. A German man.
95. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
96. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
97. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
98. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
99. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
102. A licensed medical practitioner.
103. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
105. The cry made by sheep.

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