Crossword Puzzle Number 2708 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The unit of frequency.
4. Relating to of containing or affecting blood.
9. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
13. Any of various units of capacity.
16. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet.
17. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
18. God of death.
19. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
20. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
21. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
23. Used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders.
25. The amount a salary is increased.
27. Southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves.
29. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
30. The closing section of a musical composition.
32. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
33. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
35. French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek myths (1910-1987).
41. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
42. American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806).
46. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
47. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
48. A landlocked republic in central Europe.
49. Type genus of the Anatidae.
51. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
52. A state in midwestern United States.
54. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).
55. Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy.
56. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
58. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
60. Petty quarrel.
62. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
63. Small class of minute arthropods.
67. A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan.
70. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
71. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
74. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
75. Having the skin scraped off.
77. A unit of force equal to 1000 newtons.
78. The outermost layer of the epidermis consisting of dead cells that slough off.
81. A town in northern Egypt.
84. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes.
86. A song that was formerly popular.
90. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
92. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
93. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
94. Being four more than seventy.
96. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
98. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
99. The capital and largest city of Japan.
100. A young woman.
101. A small cake leavened with yeast.
102. An artifact designed to be played with.

DOWN

1. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
2. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
3. A mild comatose state.
4. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
5. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
6. Occurring widely (as to many people).
7. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
8. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
9. Before noon.
10. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
11. Hindu sacred text instructing the Brahmins to perform the Vedic rituals.
12. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
13. The peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II.
14. Divulge information or secrets.
15. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
22. A game whose object is to form words from a group of randomly chosen letters.
24. To the degree or extent.
26. Large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil.
28. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
31. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Jerboa rats.
37. Disabled in the feet or legs.
38. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
39. A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia.
40. Perfect or complete or pure.
43. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
44. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
45. Capital of modern Macedonia.
50. A mountain in the central Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal (25,726 feet high).
53. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
57. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
59. One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
61. A major city of northeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas river.
64. A proud stiff pompous gait.
65. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
66. A resource.
68. A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
69. Draw in by breathing.
72. The trait of being resolute.
73. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
76. As the agent of or on someone's part.
77. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
79. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
80. (combining form) Indicating radiation or radioactivity.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
85. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
87. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
88. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
89. Suggestive of the supernatural.
91. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
95. Being one more than ten.
97. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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