Crossword Puzzle Number 2642 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
4. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
17. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
18. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
19. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
20. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
22. Having removed clothing.
24. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
25. Being nine more than ninety.
26. A deep bow.
28. Struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
30. The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
32. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
34. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
35. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
40. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
45. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
46. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
47. Lacking excess flesh.
49. The eleventh month of the civil year.
52. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
53. Owning no land.
57. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
59. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
61. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism.
63. In such a manner as could not be otherwise.
64. Protective covering made of metal and used in combat.
65. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
66. A member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river.
68. A United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932).
69. A state in east central United States.
70. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
71. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
74. A person forced to flee from home or country.
77. A steep descent of the water of a river.
80. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
87. (Welsh) Goddess famous for her beauty.
89. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
92. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
93. Dwell (archaic).
95. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
96. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
97. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
98. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
100. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

DOWN

1. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
2. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
3. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
4. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
5. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
6. The square of a body of any size of type.
7. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
8. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
10. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
11. Consisting of or made of cedar.
12. Covered with paving material.
13. A state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose.
14. In the Roman calendar.
15. Deeply moved.
21. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
23. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
27. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
29. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
31. The compass point that is one point west of due south.
33. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
36. The honeycreepers.
37. Of a pale purple color.
38. Any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia.
39. Durable fragrant wood.
41. Capital of Armenia.
42. Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950).
44. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
48. Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
50. A bachelor's degree in science.
51. The tenth month of the civil year.
54. United States actor (born in Ireland).
55. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
56. The petals of a flower collectively forming an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.
58. A New England state.
60. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
62. An Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers.
67. Of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis.
68. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. Having the same or similar characteristics.
75. Half the width of an em.
76. A genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce).
78. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
79. An unforeseen obstacle.
81. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
82. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
83. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
84. An island northwest of Wales.
85. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
86. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
88. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
90. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
91. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
94. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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