Crossword Puzzle Number 1716 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An impudent or insolent rejoinder.
5. Genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
13. Largest known toad species.
17. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
18. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
19. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
20. The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped.
21. The quality of being logically valid.
22. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
23. A percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer.
25. The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods).
27. A unit of pressure.
28. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
30. Perennial herb of North America.
33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
35. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
37. (informal) Foolish.
41. A genus of Indriidae.
45. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
46. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
50. A light fitful sleep.
53. Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines.
55. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
56. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka.
57. An informal term for a father.
59. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
61. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
62. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
64. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
66. A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia.
69. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
70. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
71. An informal conversation.
74. Before noon.
82. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
84. An ancient region on the coast of western Asia Minor.
88. One-thousandth of an equivalent.
89. A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
90. French symbolist poet noted for his free verse (1842-1898).
94. A rapid rise.
95. An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live.
96. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
97. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
98. Being or situated at an end.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
3. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
4. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
5. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
6. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
7. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. Fried quickly in a little fat.
10. Argentinian cariama.
11. A state in midwestern United States.
12. Moth whose larvae are flour moths.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
15. Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.
16. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
24. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. Type genus of the Mugilidae.
34. (sports) With hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level.
36. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
38. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
39. Used of old persons or old trees.
40. Having few if any teeth.
42. Be abundant or plentiful.
43. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
44. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
48. A seaport in northwestern Italy.
49. A genus of Lamnidae.
51. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
52. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
54. Arm again.
58. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. Being one more than one.
63. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
65. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
67. Indicating the most important performer or role.
68. Moderate or restrain.
72. An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.
73. A public promotion of some product or service.
75. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
76. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
77. A city in northeastern Ohio.
78. Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
79. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. Jordan's port.
83. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.
85. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
86. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
87. Extremely robust.
91. Used of a single unit or thing.
92. The fatty flesh of eel.
93. A light touch or stroke.

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