Crossword Puzzle Number 2589 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
4. A form of Japanese poetry.
9. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. The act of using.
16. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
17. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
18. Armor plate that protects the chest.
19. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
20. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
21. Being seven more than forty.
22. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
24. Italian brandy made from residue of grapes after pressing.
26. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
28. Clean or orderly.
29. Noisy talk.
31. A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep.
33. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. The eleventh month of the civil year.
41. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A person who gives a name or names.
48. Any of a class of unstable chemical compounds resulting from the addition of ozone to a double bond in an unsaturated compound.
50. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
51. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. An uproarious party.
53. (medieval) A large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body.
54. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
55. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
57. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
60. Water frozen in the solid state.
61. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
63. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
64. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
66. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
68. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
70. A sudden short attack.
73. By bad luck.
76. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
78. Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
80. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
82. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
85. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
86. A Hindu prince or king in India.
90. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
91. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
95. A boy or man.
96. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
97. At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time.
98. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
99. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
100. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
101. (of persons) So unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
102. A small cake leavened with yeast.
103. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
2. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
3. A ribbon used as a decoration.
4. Someone who pays taxes.
5. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
6. The month following October and preceding December.
7. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.
8. Type genus of the Amiidae.
9. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
10. A city in northern India.
11. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
12. Inquire about.
13. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
14. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
15. At or constituting a border or edge.
25. (used informally) Completely unclothed.
27. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place.
34. Sucking lice.
35. God of wisdom or prophesy.
36. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
38. Someone who commits regicide.
39. Become adolescent.
42. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
43. The ninth month of the civil year.
45. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
47. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
49. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
56. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
58. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
59. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
62. The capital and largest city of Idaho.
65. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
67. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
71. A person forced to flee from home or country.
72. 1 species.
74. Italian film actress (born in 1934).
75. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
77. (Zoroastrianism) Title for benevolent deities.
79. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
81. One thousandth of a second.
82. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
83. A bachelor's degree in library science.
84. The time during which someone's life continues.
87. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
88. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
89. The sixth month of the civil year.
92. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
93. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
94. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

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