Crossword Puzzle Number 5285 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. Type genus of the Vespidae.
9. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
13. Water soaked soil.
16. Compete for something.
17. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
18. Wild ox of mountainous areas of eastern India.
19. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
20. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
21. (British) A car that is even smaller than a subcompact car.
23. (linguistics) Relating to the dative case.
25. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
27. A Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa.
29. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
30. A Greek island west of Greece.
32. Lower someone's spirits.
34. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
36. A long slender cigar.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
46. Of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. The emotion of hate.
50. Loggerhead turtles.
52. A tube in which a body fluid circulates.
55. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
56. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
57. Relating to or like or divided into areolae.
60. Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus.
63. A net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave.
64. An important question that is in dispute and must be settled.
65. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
66. A small island.
67. A group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean.
70. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
71. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
72. A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.
74. Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease.
80. Declare untrue.
81. The month following March and preceding May.
83. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
87. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
90. An orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants.
92. Source of a tough elastic wood.
94. The fatty flesh of eel.
95. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
96. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
98. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
99. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
100. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
101. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
102. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
103. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
104. Being five more than one hundred.

DOWN

1. A genus of Indriidae.
2. A boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef.
3. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
4. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.
5. Someone who believes in rule by an elite group.
6. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse.
7. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
8. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
9. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
10. A state in midwestern United States.
11. A clay pipe with a short stem.
12. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
13. A female domestic.
14. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
15. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
22. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. Someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination).
26. A genus of Ploceidae.
28. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
31. Unknown god.
33. A native-born Israeli.
35. The complete duration of something.
37. The principal dish of a meal.
38. The literary intelligentsia.
39. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
41. A beloved person.
42. A descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point.
44. (criminal law) A pleading describing some wrong or offense.
45. United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951).
49. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
51. American novelist (1909-1955).
53. The capital of Bahrain.
54. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
58. A naturally occuring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils.
59. Being one more than fifty.
61. Type genus of the Musaceae.
62. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
68. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
69. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
73. Preliminary drawing for later elaboration.
75. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
76. A colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent.
77. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
78. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
79. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
82. Especially one side of a leaf.
84. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
85. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
86. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
88. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
89. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
91. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
93. White crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor.
97. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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