Crossword Puzzle Number 1231 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An enclosed space.
4. An Asian river between China and Russia.
8. One thousandth of a second.
12. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. Someone new to a field or activity.
18. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
19. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
20. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
21. Constructed with standardized units or dimensions allowing flexibility and variety in use.
23. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
24. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
26. Someone who fights with his fists for sport.
27. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
30. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
32. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
35. A native or inhabitant of Slovakia.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
43. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
45. Type genus of the Nepidae.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
50. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
51. An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
57. In a state of sleep.
60. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
61. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. Squash bugs.
64. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
65. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
67. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
72. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
77. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
80. A light touch or stroke.
82. Cause to be attached.
85. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
89. The brightest star in Scorpius.
92. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
93. Lacking excess flesh.
94. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
96. Elegant and stylish.
97. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
98. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
99. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
100. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
101. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
102. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.

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1. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
2. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
3. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
4. A unit of pressure.
5. (ophthalmology) Inability to focus on distant objects.
6. Relating to the Urdu language.
7. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
8. The food served and eaten at one time.
9. A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
12. A small but appreciable amount.
13. Large luxurious car.
14. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
15. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542).
22. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
25. Possible to sell.
31. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
33. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
34. Agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears.
36. Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Velban) that disrupts cell division.
37. Covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
38. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
40. An implement used to erase something.
41. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
44. In or to a place that is lower.
47. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
48. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
54. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
55. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
56. Soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese.
58. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
66. Produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then')).
67. A unit of pressure.
68. Tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas.
69. Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers.
70. Kauri pine.
73. A white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans.
74. 16 ounces.
75. Used in an attack.
76. Imperial moths.
78. Transient cessation of respiration.
79. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
81. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
83. The act of pursuing.
84. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
86. Having been read.
87. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
88. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
90. Seed of a pea plant.
91. An honorary degree in science.
95. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.

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