Crossword Puzzle Number 2683 (Large Grid)

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1. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
4. God of fire.
8. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
12. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water.
16. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
17. The top edge of a vessel.
18. Establish the validity of something.
19. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
20. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
22. The power to entice or attract through personal charm.
24. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
25. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
26. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
28. A cage in which a bird is kept.
30. Weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields.
33. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
34. Conforming to truth.
36. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
37. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
40. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
43. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
45. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
49. Not out.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. United States comedian.
52. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
55. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
58. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
59. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
61. A discussant who offers an example or a reason or a proof.
63. Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role.
65. Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy.
67. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
69. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
74. An established ceremony prescribed by a religion.
75. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
77. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
78. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
79. Argentinian cariama.
84. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
85. Worship given to God alone.
87. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
91. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
95. Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
96. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
97. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
99. Gone by.
100. The capital and largest city of Japan.
101. United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968).
102. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
103. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.

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1. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
2. Wearing or provided with clothing.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. The mother of your father or mother.
6. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
7. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
9. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
10. Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.
11. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
12. Wine from muscat grapes.
13. Wool of the alpaca.
14. An unforeseen obstacle.
15. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
21. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
35. Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers.
38. A river in eastern France.
39. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
41. Have force or influence.
42. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
44. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
47. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
48. Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
53. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
54. Of or at or relating to an anode.
56. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
60. Any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia.
62. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
64. Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
68. Having the slant of a bevel.
70. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
71. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
72. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
73. Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
74. Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell.
76. Before noon.
80. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
81. Right-hand page.
82. Spread by scattering.
83. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
86. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
88. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
89. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
90. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
92. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
93. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
94. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
98. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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