Crossword Puzzle Number 4342 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
4. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
9. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
13. A joke that seems extremely funny.
16. A pass between mountain peaks.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. (Jewish cookery) A loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast.
22. Having the power to influence or convince.
24. The basic unit of money in Albania.
25. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
26. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco.
29. Device for resetting instruments or controls v 1.
31. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
33. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
36. A sac-like widening of an artery.
39. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
40. (linguistics) Belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.
44. (used informally) Very small.
45. Cause annoyance in.
46. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
48. The sixth month of the civil year.
49. A town in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
51. Fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole).
54. After noon.
55. The products of human creativity.
56. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
58. English essayist (1775-1834).
59. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
61. Looking or acting like a root.
63. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
64. A resource.
65. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
66. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
70. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
73. Make glad or happy.
75. All the animal life in a particular region.
79. God of fire.
83. Related on the father's side.
87. Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.
89. The word class that qualifies verbs or clauses.
91. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
92. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
93. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
95. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
96. The highest level or degree attainable.
97. The habitation of wild animals.
98. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
99. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
100. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.

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1. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
2. Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes.
3. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
4. Ground snakes.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
7. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
8. The part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body.
9. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
10. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
11. The intended recipient of a message.
12. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
13. Having divergent strabismus.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
21. A large fungus of the family Helvellaceae.
23. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
27. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
28. An area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming).
30. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
32. Usually large hard-shelled seed.
34. The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet.
35. A large shallow lake in western Hungary.
37. A chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface.
38. A follower who carries out orders without question.
41. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
42. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
43. (zoology) Relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida.
47. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
50. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
52. (Scottish) A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains).
53. The number of lines in a piece of printed material.
57. A beckoning gesture.
60. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
62. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
67. Having services engaged for a fee.
68. The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth.
69. Having few if any teeth.
70. Having divergent strabismus.
71. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
72. The month following August and preceding October.
74. At risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant.
76. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
77. Cause to lose one's nerve.
78. The place where some action occurs.
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
82. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
84. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
85. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
86. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
88. Tag the base runner to get him out.
90. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
91. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
94. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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