Crossword Puzzle Number 1964 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
9. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
13. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
16. Lacking in light.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. Fiddler crabs.
20. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
21. A cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings.
23. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
25. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
27. Informal term for sleep.
28. A slender double-reed instrument.
29. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
31. Used in combination to denote the middle.
32. A Hindu prince or king in India.
34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
35. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
39. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. Of or relating to or involving an area.
47. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
50. A tributary of the Missouri River.
52. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
55. A book of the New Testament.
56. Rate of revolution of a motor.
57. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
58. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
60. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
63. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
66. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
67. Not enough.
69. A long narrow excavation in the earth.
71. An ancient city in southeastern Greece.
73. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
74. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
76. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
78. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
80. An enclosed space.
82. A driver who obstructs others.
84. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
88. 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.
89. A small island.
92. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
96. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
98. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.
99. Either extremity of something that has length.
100. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
101. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
102. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
103. A column of light (as from a beacon).
104. Functioning correctly and ready for action.

DOWN

1. (Philippine) A dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish.
2. Of a pale purple color.
3. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
4. A deep bow.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
7. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. A large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders.
9. Treated with wax.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Informal terms for money.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
14. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
15. Produced by a manufacturing process.
22. A city in central New York.
24. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
26. A stiff chitinous seta or bristle especially of an annelid worm.
30. (informal) Roused to anger.
33. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
36. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
37. Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia.
38. A policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems.
40. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
41. A recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur.
42. Having a slightly undulating margin.
44. Any of various small biting flies.
46. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
48. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
49. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
51. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
53. The superior of a group of nuns.
54. Treacherously cowardly.
59. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
62. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
64. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
65. A former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders).
68. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
70. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
72. Someone who writes comic material for public performers.
73. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
75. A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy.
77. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
78. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
79. Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948).
81. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
83. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
84. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
85. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
87. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
90. A Russian river.
91. Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910).
93. Black tropical American cuckoo.
94. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
95. Water frozen in the solid state.
97. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.

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