Crossword Puzzle Number 2653 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A sudden abrupt pull.
4. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
13. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
16. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
17. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
18. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
19. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
20. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
22. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
25. Be overly critical.
27. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
29. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
30. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
32. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
33. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals.
38. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
41. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
42. Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language.
45. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
46. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
49. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
54. Armor plate that protects the chest.
56. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
59. Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae.
62. A small island.
63. Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
64. Provided with artificial light.
65. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
67. Duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females.
70. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
71. A short composition for a solo instrument.
73. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
75. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. One of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief.
79. An associate degree in applied science.
83. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
85. Easily calmed or pacified.
89. An ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram.
91. Gained or acquired.
93. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
94. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
95. A unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt.
97. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
98. Taken or to be taken at random.
99. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
100. Distant in either space or time.
101. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
102. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.

DOWN

1. Formerly included in genus Cedrela.
2. Not set afire or burning.
3. United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928).
4. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
7. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
8. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
9. Of or like a cecum.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. Make steady.
12. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
13. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
14. (architecture) Oldest and simplest of the three orders of classical Greek architecture.
15. One of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament.
21. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
23. Foul with waste matter.
24. Someone who digs trenches.
26. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
28. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
31. A body of troops arranged in a line.
36. Changed to a yellowish color by age.
37. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
39. Very spicy sauce made from tabasco peppers.
40. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
43. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
44. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho.
47. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
48. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
51. Having few if any teeth.
53. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
55. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
57. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
60. Not still wet.
61. A state in northwestern North America.
66. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
68. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
69. A genus of Malayan tree.
70. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
72. The state of existing and being localized in space.
73. An informal term for a father.
74. A licensed medical practitioner.
77. Transient cessation of respiration.
78. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
79. Not agitated.
80. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
81. In the near future.
82. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
84. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
86. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
87. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
88. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
90. An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line.
92. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
93. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
96. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

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