Crossword Puzzle Number 1998 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
4. A city in southern Finland.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
13. 36th President of the United States.
16. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
17. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
18. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
20. Being of use or service.
22. (archaic) A fitting reward.
24. Of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary.
26. Of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or their language.
29. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
30. Having two axes.
32. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
33. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
34. Being three more than sixty.
37. An inlaid furniture decoration.
41. A state in midwestern United States.
43. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
45. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
47. The act of consuming food.
49. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
51. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
52. Being seven more than fifty.
53. A skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer).
57. Ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion.
59. Being one more than one.
60. Submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts.
61. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
62. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
65. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
66. The highest level or degree attainable.
67. A strong wind moving 45-90 knots.
69. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
72. A contorted facial expression.
75. Mostly social nest-building wasps.
78. A Mid-Atlantic state.
79. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
81. A bid that is higher than preceding bids.
83. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
86. A substance derived from amygdalin.
88. A quantity of no importance.
91. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
92. Small tart usually used as a canape.
93. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
94. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
96. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
98. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
99. Advanced in years.
100. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
101. (British) Diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines (from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)).
102. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
103. Being nine more than forty.

DOWN

1. Exactly vertical.
2. New Zealand conifer.
3. Of or relating to the spine or spinal cord.
4. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
5. A white trivalent metallic element.
6. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
7. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
8. A European river.
9. A bachelor's degree in science.
10. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
11. Made of bamboo.
12. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
13. The habitation of wild animals.
14. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
15. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
21. Being eight more than eighty.
23. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
25. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
27. Not generous.
28. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms.
31. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
36. That have been left.
38. Cause to disbelieve.
39. An executioner who beheads the condemned person.
40. A monastery for lamas.
42. An important god.
44. Of or relating to or near the nares.
46. The fifth day of the week.
48. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
50. Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions.
54. A resource.
55. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
56. Trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains.
58. A Mid-Atlantic state.
63. Of or belonging to or suitable for a duke.
64. Play boisterously.
68. A green transparent form of beryl.
69. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
70. Assailed with contemptuous language.
71. Top part of an apron.
73. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
74. Related on the mother's side.
75. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
76. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology.
77. An annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
80. The event of dying or departure from life.
81. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
82. Indigo bush.
84. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
85. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
87. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
89. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
90. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
95. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
96. Being one more than one.
97. Being five more than fifty.

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