Crossword Puzzle Number 2986 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
9. A very large person.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
17. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
18. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
19. The basic unit of money in Albania.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. Located inward.
22. Young sheep.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. Obvious and dull.
26. Relating to or characteristic of the Celts.
28. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. Of or at or relating to an anode.
32. Far away from home or one's usual surroundings.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. Of or relating to Albania or its people or language or culture.
41. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
43. Belgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945).
47. Type genus of the Amiidae.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
51. Waterproofed canvas.
52. A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans.
54. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
57. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
58. The tenth month of the Moslem calendar.
60. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
61. With ineptitude.
63. Advanced in years.
66. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
67. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
70. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
71. Have confidence or faith in.
72. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
73. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
75. Chief port of Yemen.
79. Type genus of the Sciaenidae.
83. An instinctive motive.
85. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
89. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
90. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
93. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
95. Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses.
96. A case for containing a set of articles.
97. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
98. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
100. Of the blackest black.
101. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
102. The post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs.
103. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
104. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
105. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

DOWN

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles.
4. The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862).
5. An electrically charged particle.
6. Large agile arboreal monkey with long limbs and tail and white upper eyelids.
7. Of or relating to or involving an area.
8. A harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
9. Provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia.
10. A nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.
11. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
12. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
13. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
14. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
25. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
31. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
33. Very dark black.
35. Having accumulated or become more intense.
38. Not based on fact.
39. Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire.
40. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Naprosyn) used in the treatment of arthritis and musculoskeletal inflammation and moderate pain.
42. Someone who abuses.
44. Type genus of the Ranidae.
45. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
46. A member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States.
50. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
53. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
55. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
56. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
59. Type genus of the Hylidae.
62. A major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC.
64. Genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods.
65. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
68. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
69. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
74. (Welsh) A warrior god.
76. The distance around a person's body.
77. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
78. One thousand grams.
80. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
81. The central area of a church.
82. Again but in a new or different way.
83. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
84. A feeling of intense anger.
86. A Hindu prince or king in India.
87. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
88. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
91. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
92. The sign language used in the United States.
94. A decree that prohibits something.
99. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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