Crossword Puzzle Number 2979 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. God of the earth.
4. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
9. Produced by a manufacturing process.
13. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
16. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
17. A native or inhabitant of Iran.
18. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
19. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
20. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. A learned person (especially in the humanities).
23. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. Of or relating to bodily fluids.
29. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
30. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
32. The site of an archeological exploration.
34. A person who likes to join groups.
37. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
40. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
41. A person forced to flee from home or country.
43. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
47. Of a pale purple color.
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
51. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
53. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
54. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
56. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
58. An informal term for a father.
60. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
64. Of or relating to the Sikhs or Sikhism.
65. Gnu goats.
67. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
68. Winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge.
69. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
70. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
71. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
73. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
75. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
76. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. An associate degree in nursing.
80. A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.
83. A three-year law degree.
85. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
87. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
91. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
94. South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
96. Type genus of the Otariidae.
99. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
100. (British) Your grandmother.
101. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
103. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
104. A light touch or stroke.
105. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
106. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
107. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
108. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Marked by lack of intellectual depth.
2. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
3. Divulge information or secrets.
4. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
5. Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth.
6. A Loloish language.
7. Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.
8. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
9. An iron-clad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
12. The longest division of geological time.
13. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color n 1.
14. Jordan's port.
15. A member of a Turkic people of NE Siberia (mainly in the Lena river basin).
22. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
24. Belonging to some prior time.
26. A mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War.
28. Growing old.
31. The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
33. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
35. Type genus of the Oriolidae.
36. Adorned by inlays.
38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
39. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
42. A genus of Ploceidae.
44. Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place).
45. A town in northern Egypt.
46. A member of a social and cultural elite especially a descendant of an Old New England family.
48. A genus of Pyralidae.
50. United States poet (1884-1933).
52. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
55. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
59. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
61. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
62. The officer below the master on a commercial ship.
63. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
66. United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938).
72. European plant naturalized in North America.
74. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
77. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
78. A flexible container with a single opening.
81. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
82. A linen tape used for trimming as a decoration.
83. Beet lacking swollen root.
84. Injured by bites or stings.
86. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
87. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
88. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
89. A Hindu prince or king in India.
90. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
92. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
93. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
95. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
97. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
98. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
102. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

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