Crossword Puzzle Number 2861 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information.
5. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
9. A Loloish language.
13. A decree that prohibits something.
16. A large quantity of written matter.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. The food served and eaten at one time.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Slightly open.
22. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
23. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
24. The father of your father or mother.
28. A doctor's degree in religion.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
34. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
40. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. Striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects.
50. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
52. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
54. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
55. A German man.
56. An associate degree in nursing.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
58. A port city in western Turkey.
61. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
62. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
64. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
66. Chief port of Yemen.
67. Widely distributed lichens usually having a grayish or yellow pendulous freely branched thallus.
69. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
70. Related to or located at the back.
73. A young woman making her debut into society.
75. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
76. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
77. The airforce of Great Britain.
79. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
85. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
86. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
89. God of wealth and love.
92. A small cake leavened with yeast.
96. Superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins.
98. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
100. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
101. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
102. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
104. Armor plate that protects the chest.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
106. An elaborate party (often outdoors).
107. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
108. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
109. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.

DOWN

1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
3. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
4. Make improvements or corrections to.
5. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
6. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
7. A port city in southwestern Iran.
8. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
11. One who works hard at boring tasks.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
14. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
15. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
25. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
27. In ancient Semitic folklore.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. Treated with contempt.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745).
39. Brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits.
41. A French abbot.
43. South African term for `boss'.
44. A bachelor's degree in religion.
45. A grant made by a law court.
46. Made clean.
51. An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Noisy talk.
60. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
63. An informal term for a father.
65. The condition of having no arms.
68. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
71. An associate degree in applied science.
72. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
78. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
80. An informal term for a father.
81. Limbless scaly elongate reptile.
82. Take in solid food.
83. Find repugnant.
84. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
87. Look at with amorous intentions.
88. Any of various small biting flies.
89. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
90. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
91. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
93. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
94. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
95. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
97. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
98. An associate degree in nursing.
99. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
103. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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