Crossword Puzzle Number 2827 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. Cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (Southern).
13. The capital and largest city of Japan.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. Any plant of the genus Erica.
18. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
19. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
20. Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific.
22. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
24. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
25. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
26. Former usage synonymous with Antedon.
29. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
31. Being nine more than ninety.
32. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
34. God of wealth and love.
37. Not in action or at work.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
41. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
43. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. (music) Characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality.
49. Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers.
52. Tear or be torn violently.
53. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
56. The capital of Switzerland.
57. A line made of twisted fibers or threads.
58. Mental lethargy or dullness.
60. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
61. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
63. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
64. An associate degree in applied science.
65. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
69. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
71. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
74. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
76. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
77. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
83. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
84. A bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order.
88. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
92. A calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth.
94. An advocate of Maoism.
96. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
97. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
98. Semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers.
100. A notable achievement.
101. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
102. Without a basis in reason or fact.
103. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. A Loloish language.
2. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. God of the earth.
5. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
6. A Russian dish made with patties of ground meat (mixed with onions and bread and milk) and served with a sauce of sour cream.
7. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
9. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
11. Shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
14. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
15. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
21. Not based on fact.
23. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A loose cloak with a hood.
30. Avatar of Vishnu.
33. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
35. Small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti.
36. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
40. First in order of importance.
42. A port city in southwestern Iran.
44. A piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential.
45. Painted beauty and red admiral.
47. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel.
48. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
50. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
51. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
54. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
55. 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi.
59. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
66. Someone with the power to settle matters at will.
67. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
68. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
70. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
71. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.
72. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
73. A son who has the same first name as his father.
75. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
78. A particular environment or walk of life.
79. A genus of Siphonaptera.
80. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
81. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
82. A public promotion of some product or service.
85. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
86. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
87. Prong on a fork or pitchfork.
89. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
90. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
91. A quantity of no importance.
93. Tag the base runner to get him out.
95. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
99. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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