Crossword Puzzle Number 2771 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent.
8. A master's degree in library science.
12. The closing section of a musical composition.
16. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
17. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
20. The airforce of Great Britain.
21. An earring with a pendant ornament.
23. Put a new facing on, as of a garment.
24. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision.
26. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language.
28. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
29. Fool's parsley.
31. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
33. A genus of Mustelidae.
35. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
36. The capital of Bahrain.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
42. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A unit of pain intensity.
47. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
49. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high).
52. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
54. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics.
56. Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh.
58. An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech.
59. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
61. Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
62. An act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification).
65. (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.
66. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
67. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
68. A power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere flows across a potential difference of 1 abvolt (one ten-thousandth of a milliwatt).
70. An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
71. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
72. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
73. With eagerness.
76. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
80. A quantity of no importance.
81. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
83. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
86. A humorous anecdote or remark.
89. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
92. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
93. A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg.
95. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
97. (informal) Of the highest quality.
98. A young woman making her debut into society.
99. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
100. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
101. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

DOWN

1. A city in northwestern Turkey.
2. Any spatial attribute (especially as defined by outline).
3. Marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay.
4. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity).
7. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. A ray of moonlight.
9. Earnest or urgent request.
10. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
11. Sharp piercing cry.
12. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
13. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
14. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
22. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
25. Affectedly trendy.
27. A state in north central United States.
30. Silkworm moths.
32. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
34. (Greek mythology) A maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers.
37. An adjective used as a noun.
38. Expressing sorrow.
39. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
41. Bring an accusation against.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. The Latin version of the Bible used by Roman Catholics.
48. A case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule.
50. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
51. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
53. Trade name for a drug containing an antihistamine and a decongestant.
55. French novelist and critic.
57. A native or inhabitant of Bhutan.
60. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
63. (Babylonian) Father of the gods.
64. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. A portable rocket launcher used by infantrymen as an anti-tank weapon.
70. A ray of moonlight.
74. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
75. A motley assortment of things.
76. (informal) Of the highest quality.
77. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
78. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
79. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
82. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
84. A Hindu prince or king in India.
85. In bed.
87. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
88. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
90. A decree that prohibits something.
91. A boy or man.
92. An associate degree in nursing.
94. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
96. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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