Crossword Puzzle Number 2216 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A human female who does housework.
5. A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
16. United States baseball player (born 1925).
17. Type genus of the Anatidae.
18. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
19. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
20. Spherical gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies.
22. A city in north central Mexico.
25. Pose a threat to.
27. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
28. At any time.
29. An encroachment or intrusion.
30. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
31. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
32. More of the same adv.
34. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
35. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
36. A doctor's degree in education.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
48. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
51. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
54. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
56. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
59. A Greek island west of Greece.
60. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
61. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
62. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
63. A soft suede leather formerly from the sheep of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin.
67. Australian clover fern.
69. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
72. A Russian river.
76. A feudal lord or baron in Scotland.
82. Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches.
84. An associate degree in applied science.
85. The quantity a cask will hold.
88. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
90. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
91. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
92. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
93. Slightly open.
94. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
95. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
96. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
97. Informal terms for money.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.
99. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

DOWN

1. A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure.
2. A blind god.
3. Fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses.
4. Of wines, fruit, cheeses.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Make attractive or lovable.
7. Statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924).
8. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
9. An artistic form of nonverbal communication.
10. Of or relating to alga.
11. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
12. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
13. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
14. A person who gives a name or names.
15. The beginning of anything.
21. United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902).
23. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
24. Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect.
26. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
33. The wife or widow of a czar.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
40. The father of your father or mother.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
42. Traveling on horseback.
44. A tall upright megalith.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. A native of ancient Troy.
47. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
49. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
50. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
52. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
57. An unpleasant or disastrous destiny.
58. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
64. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
65. A state of irritation or annoyance.
66. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
67. A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.
68. The wood of an African obeche tree.
70. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
71. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
73. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
74. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
75. Molten rock in the earth's crust.
77. A chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck.
78. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
79. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
80. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
81. A Hindu prince or king in India.
82. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
83. A quantity of no importance.
84. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
86. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
88. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
89. A strong emotion.

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