Crossword Puzzle Number 1036 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Fallow deer.
8. Family based on male descent.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
17. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
18. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
19. A Hindu prince or king in India.
20. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
21. A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata.
23. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. Unknown god.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
29. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. Distance travelled per unit time.
42. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
44. (Greek mythology) The god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology.
45. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. The highest point of something.
48. Type genus of the Sittidae.
50. On, to, or at the top.
54. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
55. Belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part.
57. A shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep.
60. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
61. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
62. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
64. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
66. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
68. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
71. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
72. A state in southeastern United States.
76. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
79. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
80. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
81. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
85. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
89. Either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose.
91. A field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay.
93. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
94. A slender double-reed instrument.
95. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
97. A strong cord v 1.
98. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
99. Held in slavery.
100. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
101. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
102. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
5. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
6. The template for protein synthesis.
7. (computer science) The code that identifies where a piece of information is stored.
8. A state of southwestern India.
9. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
10. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
11. Wood of a sumac.
12. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
13. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
14. Slightly open.
15. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
22. The range within which a voice can be heard.
25. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
30. The capital of Nationalist China.
32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
34. Using language effectively to please or persuade.
35. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
36. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
37. A bluish transparent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen.
39. Affectedly dainty or refined.
40. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
41. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
43. Away from the mouth or oral region.
49. A city in central Tanzania.
51. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
52. One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages.
53. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
58. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
59. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
63. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
65. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
67. Of high moral or intellectual value.
68. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
69. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
70. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
73. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
74. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
75. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
77. Any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns.
78. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
82. A disreputable vagrant.
83. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
84. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
85. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
86. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
87. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
88. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
90. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
92. (used informally) Very small.
96. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

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