Crossword Puzzle Number 2870 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (British) The dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally).
4. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
9. Marked by casual disrespect.
13. A bachelor's degree in theology.
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. A member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico.
18. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
19. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
22. The state of being unsure of something.
25. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925).
30. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. An informal term for a father.
34. Not normal.
38. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
45. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
47. A region of northern France on the English Channel.
50. (Sumerian and Babylonian) A solar deity.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
55. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
57. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
59. Big-eyed scad.
60. A stringed instrument of India.
61. Informal terms for a mother.
62. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
64. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
65. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
70. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
71. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
76. An associate degree in nursing.
78. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
80. The content of cognition.
82. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
86. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
89. Tag the base runner to get him out.
90. Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas.
92. Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms.
93. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
94. Very dark black.
95. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
97. Chief port of Yemen.
98. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
99. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
100. (computer science) A standardized language for the descriptive markup of documents.
101. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).

DOWN

1. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
2. Take away the weapons from.
3. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
4. A Loloish language.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
7. Being one more than one hundred.
8. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
9. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
10. 1 species.
11. An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term).
12. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
13. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
14. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
15. A small nail.
21. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
23. A Russian river.
24. Raise to a higher energy level.
27. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
29. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
31. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
32. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
35. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
36. Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials.
37. Of or relating to Liberia or its people.
39. Make soiled, filthy, or dirty.
40. A member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico.
42. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
43. Existing or belonging to a time before a war.
46. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
48. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
49. A town in south central Washington.
56. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
58. Avatar of Vishnu.
63. Possible but not necessary.
66. A light touch or stroke.
67. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
69. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
70. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
72. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
74. A unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system.
75. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
77. A native-born Israeli.
79. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
81. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage.
82. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
83. A member of the Algonquian people living in Wisconsin the Fox River valley and the shores of Green Bay.
84. A coarse obnoxious person.
85. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
86. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
87. A person with unusual powers of foresight.
88. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
91. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
96. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
97. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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