Crossword Puzzle Number 2103 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
4. God of death.
8. Situated in or facing or moving toward the east.
12. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.
16. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
17. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
18. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
19. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
20. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. Italian actress best known for her performances in tragic roles (1858-1924).
22. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
23. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
24. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
26. European annual grown for forage.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
31. Not ended.
33. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
42. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
44. Decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs.
47. An ardent male lover.
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century).
51. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
52. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
55. Make a plat of.
56. Military barracks in a garrison town.
58. A populous province in northeastern China.
61. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
62. 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.
63. Of a leaf shape.
65. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
70. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
71. An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments.
73. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
75. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
77. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
80. Loss of the ability to move a body part.
83. A plain plinth that supports a wall.
86. Young eel.
89. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
92. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
93. Malignant tumor of the testis.
95. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
96. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
97. Someone who argues noisily or angrily.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
2. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
3. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
4. (informal) Roused to anger.
5. A bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt.
6. Shoot again.
7. On or toward the lee.
8. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
9. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
10. Any meeting for an exchange of ideas.
11. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
12. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
13. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
14. A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water.
15. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
25. The academic world.
27. Type genus of the Sulidae.
28. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
32. Free from liquid or moisture.
34. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
36. A metrical unit with stressed-stressed-unstressed syllables.
38. A town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border.
39. Germanic barbarian leader who ended the western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493).
40. A thermionic tube having five electrodes.
43. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come.
45. Baby bed with high sides.
46. Any fungus of the genus Lepiota.
48. An unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate.
53. Witnessed at first hand.
54. Ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length.
57. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
59. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
60. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
64. The eighth month of the civil year.
66. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
67. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
68. Nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing.
69. Lasting through all time.
70. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
74. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
76. Informal terms for a mother.
78. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. Type genus of the Bramidae.
81. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
82. Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887).
84. A metal piece (usually a disc) used as money v 1.
85. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
87. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
88. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
90. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
91. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
94. A state in New England.

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