Crossword Puzzle Number 7956 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
4. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
9. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
13. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
16. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
17. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940).
18. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
19. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
20. Republic in northern Europe.
22. Plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson).
25. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
26. Flattery intended to persuade.
28. Praise, glorify, or honor.
29. A state in the western United States.
31. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
32. Towards the side away from the wind.
34. Be earlier in time.
36. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
38. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
39. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
42. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound.
44. The capital of Western Samoa.
47. Possessing material wealth.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
49. That is to say.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. Walk about.
53. A very light brown.
55. In an unctuous manner.
57. (Norse mythology) The primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world.
58. Someone who has won first place in a competition.
60. A monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal.
62. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
63. A resource.
64. A fibrous amphibole.
67. French romantic writer (1766-1817).
69. A large number or amount.
72. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
73. A Russian river.
74. Covered with paving material.
76. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
78. Located in or toward the back or rear.
80. Any plant of the genus Erica.
82. A tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired.
86. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
89. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. Largest known toad species.
91. Toward the mouth or oral region.
93. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
94. A member of a Turkic people of Chinese Turkestan and neighboring areas (formerly of Mongolia and eastern Turkestan).
97. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
99. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
101. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
102. Advanced in years.
103. Having the slant of a bevel.
104. On or toward the lee.
105. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

DOWN

1. Quick and skillful in movement.
2. Type genus of the Amiidae.
3. A browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. A person who exercises control over workers.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
8. Go away from the surface to which it is adsorbed, of a substance.
9. True firs.
10. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers.
11. The univalent unsaturated organic radical C3H5.
12. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
13. Humble request for help.
14. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
15. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
21. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
24. Without doubt or question.
27. A language of Australian aborigines.
30. American novelist (1909-1955).
33. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
35. A river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River.
37. Lacking a rim or frame.
39. The length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference.
40. Any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103.
41. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
43. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
45. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
46. Make amends for.
51. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
54. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
56. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
59. Of or relating to a hair.
61. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
65. United States baseball player (born 1925).
66. A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles.
68. A green transparent form of beryl.
69. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
70. Of or involving the ovaries.
71. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
75. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
77. A body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral.
79. 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.
81. Any taillike structure.
83. Living in or characteristic of farming or country life.
84. A member of a Muslim Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).
85. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
87. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
88. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
92. A sudden short attack.
95. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
96. (informal) Of the highest quality.
98. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
100. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.

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