Crossword Puzzle Number 4290 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A French abbot.
5. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
17. Very dark black.
18. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
19. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
20. A small island.
21. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
23. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
25. A Russian river.
27. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
28. Formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men.
29. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
30. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
32. (Mesopotamia) God of agriculture and earth.
34. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
38. A unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
43. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
45. A periodic paperback publication.
47. One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track.
51. Brought into existence.
52. Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
55. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
56. A state in north central United States.
57. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
58. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
59. A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex.
62. Land received by fee tail v 1.
64. Continuing at full strength or intensity.
66. Lacking in amplitude or quantity.
67. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
70. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
71. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
72. Capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria.
74. A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico.
76. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
77. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
81. The front limb of a quadruped.
85. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
88. A branch of the Tai languages.
89. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
90. Administer an oil or ointment to.
93. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
95. A master's degree in business.
96. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
97. Extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth.
98. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
99. Tag the base runner to get him out.
100. Bright and pleasant.
101. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
102. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Possessing life.
2. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
3. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
4. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
5. A young woman making her debut into society.
6. A port city in southwestern Iran.
7. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
8. Related on the mother's side.
9. A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction.
10. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
13. A means of serving.
14. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
15. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
22. Rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and trap-leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle.
24. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
26. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
31. A Mid-Atlantic state.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
35. The capital of Moldova.
36. Having the skin scraped off.
37. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
39. A decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
41. Flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height.
44. Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
46. A stringed instrument usually having six strings.
48. Informal abbreviation of `representative'.
49. Term of address for a man.
50. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
53. A spectator who uses standing room (as in a theater when there are no vacant seats).
54. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
60. (quantifier used with mass nouns) Great in quantity or degree or extent.
61. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
63. Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
65. A vessel in which something is immersed to maintain it at a constant temperature or to process or lubricate it.
68. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
69. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
73. A number to which another number (the addend) is added.
75. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
78. A genus of Lamnidae.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. Jordan's port.
82. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
83. Full of zest or vigor.
84. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
86. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
87. Type genus of the Anatidae.
91. Towards the side away from the wind.
92. A doctor's degree in education.
94. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.

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