Crossword Puzzle Number 6868 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
4. A friendly nation.
8. A French abbot.
12. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
16. How long something has existed.
17. Wind god.
18. The mother of your father or mother.
19. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
20. A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
22. The emotion of hate.
23. One thousandth of a second.
24. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
26. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
29. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
31. (computer science) Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.
32. Lacking strength or vigor.
33. A bachelor's degree in theology.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
38. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
41. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. Wood of any of various maple trees.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. (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.
51. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
55. A quantity of no importance.
56. A disreputable vagrant.
57. A popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain.
58. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
60. Especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole.
62. Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
63. Having a dusky brownish gray color.
65. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
66. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
67. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
68. Japanese mathematical physicist who proposed that nuclear forces are mediated by massive particles called mesons which are analogous to the photon in mediating electromagnetic forces (1907-1981).
70. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
73. A climber of vertical rock faces.
76. A slight wind (usually refreshing).
79. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
81. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
85. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
86. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
89. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
91. The cry made by sheep.
92. A member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico.
93. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
94. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
95. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
96. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
97. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
98. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
99. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.

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1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
3. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
4. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
5. An inhabitant of Lappland.
6. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
7. A member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Wild geese.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. A port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.
13. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
14. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
15. (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) Not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch.
25. A condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the flow of bile into the digestive tract is obstructed.
27. A person forced to flee from home or country.
28. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
35. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
37. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
39. (prefix) Outside or outer.
40. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
42. Colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
43. An incorrect deal.
45. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
46. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
48. With no effort to conceal.
49. An expression of approval and commendation.
52. The superior of a group of nuns.
53. The foot of a human being.
54. An annual publication including weather forecasts and other miscellaneous information arranged according to the calendar of a given year.
59. Jews collectively.
61. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
64. An ancient board game resembling backgammon.
65. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
69. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
71. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
72. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
74. A crime syndicate in the United States.
75. (combining form) Very large in scale or scope or capability.
77. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
78. A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal).
80. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
83. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
84. Willing to face danger.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. A three-year law degree.
90. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.

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