Crossword Puzzle Number 1501 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Pertaining to the forward part of a vessel.
4. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
8. Erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers.
12. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
16. The residue that remains when something is burned.
17. In bed.
18. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
19. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
20. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
22. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
24. (Welsh) A warrior god.
25. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the foot.
26. Having two feet.
28. The front limb of a quadruped.
29. Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.
31. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
33. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
36. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
37. A light touch or stroke.
40. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
45. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. Unknown god.
48. The upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk.
49. Capital of Nigeria in the center of the country.
51. Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
53. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
54. Offering fun and gaiety.
56. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
57. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
59. (sometimes used ironically) A man of great strength and agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs).
61. Any of various brown and yellow finches of pats of Europe.
62. Step on it.
63. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
65. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
68. An insect or other arthropod between molts.
72. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
73. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
76. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
80. Any ameba of the genus Endamoeba.
87. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
88. A very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
91. Type genus of the Hylidae.
92. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
93. One who anoints as a religious ceremony.
94. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
95. A small island.
96. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
97. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.

DOWN

1. A member of the British order of honor.
2. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
3. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles.
4. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
5. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
6. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
8. Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.
9. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
10. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
13. Related by common characteristics or ancestry.
14. An onerous or difficult concern.
15. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
21. Widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers.
23. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled grayish-brown plumage and large eyes.
27. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
30. A state in the eastern United States.
32. A tranquilizer (trade name Loxitane) used to treat schizophrenia.
35. The cry made by sheep.
38. Bubble shells.
39. Frivolous banter.
41. A female tiger.
42. A small piece of cloth.
43. Make less active or intense.
44. (Babylonian) Goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta.
46. A mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast.
50. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
52. Disposed to venture or take risks.
55. United States film maker (1897-1991).
58. United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918).
60. A sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes.
64. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
66. The capital of Australia.
69. Capable of being tamed.
70. A person who fixes the boundaries of land claims.
71. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
74. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
75. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
77. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
78. A person of unquestioning obedience.
79. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
81. (British) Common sense.
82. A small wooded hollow.
83. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
84. The eighth month of the civil year.
85. English essayist (1775-1834).
86. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
89. A container.
90. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.

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