Crossword Puzzle Number 2899 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
4. Club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron.
9. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
13. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
16. A knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue.
17. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
18. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Having or indicating good health in body or mind.
22. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
24. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
25. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
27. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
29. Being one more than two.
31. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
33. Summer cypress.
38. A waiter at a drive-in restaurant.
42. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
43. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
46. Make attractive or lovable.
47. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
49. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
50. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.
52. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A city in eastern China on the Yangtze River.
57. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance.
58. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
60. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
61. Turn on or around an axis or a center.
62. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
63. The capital of Mali.
66. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
70. 100 halers equal 1 koruna.
71. A young peafowl.
75. A person who owns or operates oil wells.
77. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
79. Of or relating to or resembling a lobule.
83. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
86. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
88. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
89. Given to quarreling.
91. Someone who plays the harp.
93. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
94. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
95. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
97. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
98. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
99. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
100. Enthusiastic approval.
101. A cooperative unit.
102. Liquid excretory product.

DOWN

1. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
2. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
3. Taking place over public roads.
4. Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. A branch of the Tai languages.
7. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
9. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
10. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
11. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
12. A band worn around or over the head.
13. Offering fun and gaiety.
14. Speaking a Slavic language.
15. Avatar of Vishnu.
21. A large number or amount.
23. Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907).
26. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
28. Become hard or harder.
30. Framework for holding objects.
32. (informal) Of the highest quality.
34. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
35. Any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers.
36. A recipient of a grant.
37. A city in northwestern Mexico near the California border.
39. In the shape of a coil.
40. Thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal.
41. An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.
44. A whetstone made of fine gritstone.
45. By bad luck.
48. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
51. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
55. A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.
56. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
59. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
64. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
65. Small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia.
67. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
68. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
69. A closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it.
70. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
72. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
73. A salt of any halogen acid.
74. Conducive to peace.
76. Prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens.
78. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
80. A basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard).
81. Affect with wonder.
82. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
84. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
85. Highly excited.
87. At a previous time.
88. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
90. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
92. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
96. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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