Crossword Puzzle Number 7690 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
5. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
9. The capital of Western Samoa.
13. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
16. A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes.
17. (British) An informer or spy working for the police.
18. The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
19. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
20. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
21. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
22. Cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable.
23. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
24. A domain in which something is dominant.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
30. A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae.
31. (Greek mythology) A tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
34. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
37. An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
44. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
47. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
50. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
52. Providing legal power or sanction.
55. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
57. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
58. An adjective used as a noun.
62. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
64. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
65. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
66. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
67. Serving as or forming a base.
69. A member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona.
73. Occupied or in the control of.
74. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
78. A member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers.
81. An island of central Hawaii.
85. A branch of the Tai languages.
86. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
88. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
90. A master's degree in business.
91. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
92. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
94. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
95. Tag the base runner to get him out.
96. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
97. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
98. A small quantity of liquid.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
100. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.

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1. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
2. A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.
3. Of or relating to or involving an area.
4. A three-tone Chadic language.
5. (Babylonian) The sky god.
6. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
7. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
8. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
9. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
10. A charge based on weight measured in pounds.
11. A kind of person.
12. A city in northwestern Syria.
13. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. The highest level or degree attainable.
25. Informal terms for a mother.
27. The boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
29. Of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones.
32. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
33. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
35. The act of drawing or hauling something.
36. An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq.
38. Having a gray or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring.
39. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
40. A doctor's degree in optometry.
41. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
45. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
46. Bar temporarily.
48. A container.
49. An associate degree in nursing.
51. The skin that covers the top of the head.
53. A large shawm.
54. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
56. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
59. Wasting time.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
63. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
68. Sorghum having slender dry stalks and small hard grains.
70. German physicist who studied cathode rays (1862-1947).
71. A state in northwestern North America.
72. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
75. A genus of Lamnidae.
76. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
77. Jordan's port.
79. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
80. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
82. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
83. The sixth month of the civil year.
84. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
87. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
89. A small drink of liquor.
93. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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