Crossword Puzzle Number 2804 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Inquire about.
4. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
8. English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723).
12. Rounded like an egg.
16. A pass between mountain peaks.
17. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
18. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
19. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
20. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
21. Lighted by moonlight.
23. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
25. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
27. Away from the mouth or oral region.
29. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
30. An honorary arts degree.
31. Tear or be torn violently.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
35. 10 grams.
37. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
38. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
42. A depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value.
47. A wound resulting from biting.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.
51. Of or relating to or affecting a lobe.
54. A domain in which something is dominant.
56. A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction.
59. A standard or model or pattern regarded as typical.
60. A nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue.
61. Originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide.
62. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
63. Leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (1897-1975).
65. Covered with or as if with a glossy and usually brightly colored coating.
67. Being one more than three.
68. A note appended to a letter after the signature.
69. A quantity of no importance.
72. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
73. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
74. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
78. Elegant and stylish.
79. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
81. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
85. A populous province in northeastern China.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. A small unit serving as the nucleus of a larger political movement.
93. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
96. The template for protein synthesis.
98. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
99. A town in north central Oklahoma.
100. Common Indian weaverbird.
101. In bed.
102. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.

DOWN

1. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
2. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun.
3. Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918).
4. Having a hemispherical vault or dome.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
6. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
7. A ray of sunlight.
8. Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences.
9. Type genus of the Rutaceae.
10. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
11. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
12. A Dravidian language spoken in south central India.
13. A port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped to markets around the world.
14. A genus of Indriidae.
15. Filled with a great quantity.
22. A period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art).
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
26. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
36. withdraw from an organization or communion.
39. A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea.
40. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
41. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
43. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
44. German romantic poet (1787-1862).
45. A hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade.
46. A large fleet.
49. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
52. Belonging to some prior time.
53. An inlaid furniture decoration.
55. A woman sahib.
57. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
58. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
64. With rapid movements.
66. A master's degree in fine arts.
70. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
71. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
75. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
76. A radioactive transuranic element.
77. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
80. Sour or bitter in taste.
82. A genus of Ploceidae.
83. A city in northeastern Ohio.
84. A city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England.
86. Very dark black.
87. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
88. Containing an unusual amount of grease or oil.
89. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
91. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
94. A public promotion of some product or service.
95. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
97. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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