Crossword Puzzle Number 1988 (Large Grid)

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90  91   92     93  94   95   
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ACROSS

1. United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
4. Notable English cricketer (1882-1963).
9. Semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental.
13. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia).
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
18. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
21. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
22. Of or relating to Libya or its people.
24. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
26. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
27. Often cultivated for the decorative foliage.
29. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
32. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
33. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
37. A state in midwestern United States.
39. A distinct feature or element in a problem.
42. A genus of Ploceidae.
43. A bed supporting a road.
47. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. American novelist (1909-1955).
50. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
54. Make amendments to.
55. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
56. A city in southeastern South Korea.
58. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
60. Used of a single unit or thing.
62. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
63. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
66. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
68. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
70. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. A state in New England.
72. (trademark) A thin polyester film.
74. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
76. Broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects.
77. An affirmative.
81. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
83. A state in north central United States.
84. Of or at or relating to an anode.
87. Indigo bush.
90. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
93. Type genus of the Anatidae.
95. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
96. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
97. The second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
98. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
99. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
100. English essayist (1775-1834).
101. A member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast.
102. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
103. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
104. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.

DOWN

1. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
4. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
5. Mostly tropical songbird.
6. The wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth.
7. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
8. An upholstered seat for more than one person.
9. (British) Traditional jazz as revived in the 1950s.
10. That is to say.
11. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes.
12. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
13. The British system of withholding tax.
14. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
15. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
23. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
25. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
34. Small cherry much liked by birds.
35. Beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae.
36. Having or displaying warmth or affection.
38. Relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants).
40. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
41. Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883).
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. Divisible by two.
46. The brightest star in Cygnus.
49. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
51. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
57. In a gay manner.
59. A town in north central Oklahoma.
61. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
64. Cosmopolitan genus of ferns.
65. (archaic) Of persons.
67. Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928).
69. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
70. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
73. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
78. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
79. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
80. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
81. An associate degree in nursing.
82. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
85. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
86. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
88. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
89. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
91. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
92. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
94. Black tropical American cuckoo.

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