Crossword Puzzle Number 7148 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Inquire about.
4. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
9. The female reproductive cell.
13. God of the underworld.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971).
18. Type genus of the Ranidae.
19. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
20. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
21. A dialect of Tocharian.
23. Anthropologist and linguist.
25. Make less active or intense.
27. Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans.
28. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
29. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
33. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
34. Submit or yield to another's wish or opinion.
40. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
41. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
44. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
49. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
51. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
53. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
54. A unit of pain intensity.
56. Dignified manner or conduct.
59. A genus of Nymphalidae.
61. Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
63. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
65. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519.
69. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
70. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
75. A projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids.
77. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
79. A primeval personification of air and breath.
81. A penicillinase-resistant form of penicillin (trade name Nafcil) used (usually in the form of its sodium salt) to treat infections caused by penicillin-resistant strains of staphylococci.
83. Characterized by dignity and propriety.
87. Tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves.
90. An ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
92. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
93. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
94. English monk and scholar (672-735).
96. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
97. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
98. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
99. A can for storing tea.
100. By bad luck.
101. The compass point midway between northeast and east.

DOWN

1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. God of love and erotic desire.
4. Cut the head of.
5. The eleventh month of the civil year.
6. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
7. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
8. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
9. Using speech rather than writing.
10. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
11. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
12. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
13. Any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers.
14. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
15. Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784).
22. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters.
24. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
26. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
30. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
31. Having a usually specified type of handle.
32. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. Green turtles.
36. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Cuddling and kissing.
38. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
42. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia.
46. The ability to form mental images of things or events.
50. German physicist and chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics (1864-1941).
52. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
55. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
57. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
58. Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears.
60. Concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement.
62. Extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in children).
66. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
67. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
68. Any plant of the genus Erica.
71. A group of related languages spoken in a valley of southern Ethiopia.
73. (genetics) Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.
74. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
76. Lacking leadership.
78. Any bird of the genus Pitta.
80. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
82. Strip the skin off.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
86. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
88. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
89. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
91. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
95. A doctor's degree in religion.

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