Crossword Puzzle Number 2608 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A partially opened flower.
4. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
13. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
16. Black tropical American cuckoo.
17. Obvious and dull.
18. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
19. The cry made by sheep.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. (Greek mythology) A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
24. Half the width of an em.
26. A bachelor's degree in religion.
27. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
29. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
31. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
36. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
38. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
40. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
41. (botany) Outer tissue of bark.
43. Being here now.
46. An oil port in southern Iraq.
47. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. Make amendments to.
52. Ornamentation with beads.
53. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
54. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
56. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
57. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
63. United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. God of wisdom or prophesy.
68. English essayist (1775-1834).
72. One of the 7 gods of happiness.
73. A meeting of spiritualists.
75. Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers.
76. Before noon.
77. An honorary degree in science.
78. (British) Informal term for information.
79. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
82. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
85. Not treated with lead.
89. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
92. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
94. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
96. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
97. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
98. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
100. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
101. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
102. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
103. An area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake.
104. An indistinct shapeless form.
105. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.

DOWN

1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. A thermionic tube having two electrodes.
4. A port city in southwestern Iran.
5. A light touch or stroke.
6. An associate degree in nursing.
7. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
8. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
9. Attain success or reach a goal.
10. American novelist (1909-1955).
11. Being nine more than forty.
12. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
13. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
14. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
15. A genus of Ploceidae.
21. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
23. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
25. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
28. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
30. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
32. An uproarious party.
34. The compass point that is midway between north and northwest.
35. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century.
42. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
44. Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office).
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A seal (especially one used to mark documents officially).
48. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
49. Kauri pine.
51. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
55. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
58. A state in east central United States.
60. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
61. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
62. Relating to or containing gnomes.
64. The capital and largest city of the Central Africa Republic.
67. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
69. Not fake or counterfeit.
70. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
71. Situated at or extending to the side.
72. Being nine more than forty.
74. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
80. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
81. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
83. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
84. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
86. A quantity of no importance.
87. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
88. Slow to learn or understand.
90. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
91. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
93. Top part of an apron.
95. Tag the base runner to get him out.
99. Being nine more than ninety.

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