Crossword Puzzle Number 836 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. A small island.
13. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. (Scotland) A landowner.
18. Pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings.
19. A column of light (as from a beacon).
20. Largest anthropoid ape.
22. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
26. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement.
33. 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.
35. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
39. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
40. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
43. Emit long loud cries.
47. Goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis.
48. A Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man.
51. (Japanese) Mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame.
52. Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas.
54. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
55. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
57. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
58. Failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to.
59. Ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure = 1.5 gallons.
60. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
65. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
67. French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917).
68. A Mid-Atlantic state.
69. A polymer of vinyl chloride used instead of rubber in electric cables.
72. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
77. Being nine more than ninety.
79. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
82. Selling or related to selling direct to the consumer.
84. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
87. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
90. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
92. Being a bard or relating to a bard's poetry.
94. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
95. Being three more than fifty.
96. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
98. An informal term for a father.
99. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
100. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
101. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
102. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
103. God of the earth.
104. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

DOWN

1. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
2. An ornamental net in the shape of a bag that confines a woman's hair.
3. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
4. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
9. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
10. A kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface).
11. Someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. (informal) Exceptionally good.
14. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
15. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
21. (formerly) A horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. (commerce) The period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange).
30. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
32. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
34. Harassment especially of a tethered animal.
36. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
37. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
38. British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814).
41. In a perky manner.
42. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
44. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
45. Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers.
46. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
49. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
50. Given or having a specified name.
53. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
62. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
64. Loss of the ability to swallow.
65. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
66. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
70. Being one more than seven.
71. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
72. A state in midwestern United States.
73. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
76. A mug intended for serving beer.
78. A telegram sent abroad.
80. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
81. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
82. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
83. English essayist (1775-1834).
85. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
86. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
88. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
89. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
91. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
93. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
97. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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