Crossword Puzzle Number 4712 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
12. A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
18. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
19. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. (medicine) Pertaining to the surface of a body part.
23. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
25. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
27. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
28. Someone who fights (or is fighting).
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. Kill in large numbers.
33. Open to or abounding in fresh air.
35. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
36. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
38. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
48. A Russian river.
50. A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).
51. (Bible) The archangel who was the messenger of God.
54. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
55. An appearance of reflected light.
56. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
58. A state in New England.
59. Unknown god.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
62. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
64. (Sumerian) Sun god.
67. Cock of the rocks.
70. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
71. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
73. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
74. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
77. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
78. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
80. Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions.
85. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
89. The first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor.
91. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
93. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
94. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
95. The basic unit of money in South Africa.
97. A city in northern India.
98. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
99. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
100. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
101. A condition requiring relief.
102. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

DOWN

1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The seventh and last day of the week.
5. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
6. A murderer who slashes the victims with a knife.
7. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any seed plant yielding balsam.
10. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
11. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
12. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
13. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
14. Someone who skis.
15. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
22. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
24. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. Someone who enters by force in order to conquer.
29. A New England state.
32. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
34. Lower in esteem.
37. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
39. Give an education to.
40. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
41. A capacious bag or basket.
42. An informal term for a father.
43. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
44. Of or relating to or located at the base.
46. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
47. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
49. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
52. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
53. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
57. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
61. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
63. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Uganda or its people.
66. Spectators at a golf or tennis match.
67. The seventh and last day of the week.
68. Seed of a pea plant.
69. Of or like a cecum.
72. The habitation of wild animals.
76. Take away the weapons from.
79. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
81. Beyond what is natural.
82. An informal term for a father.
83. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
84. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
86. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
87. A primeval personification of air and breath.
88. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
90. A boy or man.
92. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
93. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
96. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

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