Crossword Puzzle Number 2983 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Gone by.
4. A republic on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean.
9. An endorsement.
13. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
16. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
17. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
18. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
19. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
20. Filled with vapor.
22. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
28. English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687).
30. Remove the strap or straps from.
33. Cause to grow thin or weak.
41. A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river.
42. French underwater explorer (born in 1910).
45. God of love and erotic desire.
46. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
47. A leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528).
48. Characterized by rough motion.
49. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
50. A young woman making her debut into society.
52. An island of central Hawaii.
54. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality.
55. A royal treasury.
58. Possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers.
60. A white trivalent metallic element.
61. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
62. Remote in manner.
64. Ludicrously odd.
66. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms.
68. An extensive grassy and nearly treeless plain (especially in Latin America).
71. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
72. Very slow in tempo and broad in manner n.
73. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
74. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.
76. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
78. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
83. (an Irish term of address expressing affection) Darling.
88. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
89. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
91. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
92. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
93. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
94. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
96. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
97. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
98. A return punch.
99. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
100. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
3. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
4. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. An offspring of a Black and a White parent.
7. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
8. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
9. Using speech rather than writing.
10. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
11. An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others.
12. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
13. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
14. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
15. The act of scanning.
21. Something with a round shape like a flat circular plate.
23. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
27. Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939).
29. Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings.
31. A political leader (especially of Tammany Hall).
32. God of war and sky.
34. The small projection of a mammary gland.
35. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
36. Witnessed at first hand.
37. Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made.
38. Any of several free-flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia.
39. A woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor.
40. Happening during or appropriate to the day.
43. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
44. Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. Being nine more than ninety.
56. The act of rising upward into the air.
57. Black tea grown in China.
59. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
63. A size of paper used especially in Britain.
65. Water frozen in the solid state.
67. Revise or reorganize, esp. for the purpose of updating and improving.
69. A collection of Psalms for liturgical use.
70. Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
71. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
75. Use explosives on.
77. The sacred city of Lamaism.
79. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
80. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
84. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
85. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
86. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
87. The closing section of a musical composition.
90. One or some or every or all without specification.
95. Half the width of an em.

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