Crossword Puzzle Number 2166 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
4. Vigorously passionate.
9. A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
16. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
17. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
18. Disabled in the feet or legs.
19. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
20. One celestial body obscures another v 1.
22. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. Malevolent aspect of Devi.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
29. A sudden unexpected piece of good fortune.
31. Spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins).
33. The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa.
36. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
38. The sound made by a gentle blow.
39. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
40. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
43. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
45. A county in southwestern England.
49. Any plant of the genus Erica.
52. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
54. Liquid excretory product.
55. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
56. To come or go into.
57. A city in north central Nigeria.
58. Old World herbs and subshrubs.
60. A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
62. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
63. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
64. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
66. One or some or every or all without specification.
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
70. A genus of Reduviidae.
72. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
74. A light touch or stroke.
75. Up to the immediate present.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
78. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
82. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
83. Hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth.
87. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
90. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
94. 1 species.
96. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
98. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
99. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
100. Obvious and dull.
102. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
103. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
104. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
105. Jordan's port.
106. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
107. The bill in a restaurant.
108. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.

DOWN

1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked).
3. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
4. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
5. Bears and extinct related forms.
6. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
7. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
8. Desire strongly or persistently.
9. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
10. Ragout of game in a rich sauce.
11. Capable of being influenced or formed.
12. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
13. Not in operation or operational.
14. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
15. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
21. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
23. An informal term for a father.
26. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
27. Type genus of the Viperidae.
30. Used of the language of the deaf.
32. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
34. Music composed for dancing the saraband.
35. With a sneer.
37. Of or relating to or like or in the manner of the Roman Seneca.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
44. Sound of strumming.
46. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
47. Type genus of the Oniscidae.
48. (superlative of `near' or `nigh') Most near.
50. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
51. An elaborate song for solo voice.
53. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
59. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
61. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
65. Gracefully slender.
68. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
69. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
73. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
77. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
79. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
80. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
81. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
84. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
85. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
86. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
88. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
89. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
91. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
92. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
93. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
95. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
97. The seed of the cereal grass.
101. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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