Crossword Puzzle Number 2168 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Not in operation or operational.
4. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
9. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
17. A nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank.
18. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858).
19. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
20. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
21. A smile expressing smugness or scorn instead of pleasure.
22. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
23. The month following February and preceding April.
24. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
26. Type genus of the family Astacidae.
28. Excessively fat.
29. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
30. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
31. Abnormal redness of the skin resulting from dilation of blood vessels (as in sunburn or inflammation).
33. Type genus of the Amiidae.
37. (Akkadian) God ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead.
41. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
43. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
51. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
52. The basic unit of money in Iran.
54. Annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats.
57. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
59. Reason by deduction.
61. United States baseball player (born in 1920).
62. German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925).
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
64. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
66. At a previous time.
67. In the Roman calendar.
70. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
71. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
72. A fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean.
76. Having been read.
78. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
80. A French abbot.
81. A doctor's degree in optometry.
82. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
84. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
90. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
92. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
93. One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills.
94. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
98. A Nilotic language.
99. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
100. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
101. Type genus of the Anatidae.
102. Automatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapes.
103. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

DOWN

1. Toward the mouth or oral region.
2. A small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo.
3. A B vitamin that is essential for cell growth and reproduction.
4. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
5. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
6. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
7. An adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
8. The capital of Turkey.
9. Small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods.
10. Covered with water.
11. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
12. The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time.
13. The highest level or degree attainable.
14. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Easily broken or damaged or destroyed.
27. A developmental abnormality in which there is only one eye.
29. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
32. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
34. Mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with various spices and seasonings.
35. Dearly loved.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A person who gains weight.
39. The value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis.
40. Mourned or grieved for.
42. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
48. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
49. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
50. A kind of person.
53. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
55. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
56. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
58. Granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains.
60. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
65. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
68. The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade).
69. An honorary degree in science.
73. Baby bed with high sides.
74. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
75. A port city in southwestern Iran.
77. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
79. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
83. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
85. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
86. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
87. A book of the New Testament.
88. Praise, glorify, or honor.
89. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
91. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
95. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
96. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
97. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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