Crossword Puzzle Number 2386 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A byproduct of inflammation.
4. A natural talent.
9. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
13. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A group of African languages in the Niger-Congo group spoken from Senegal east as far as the Ivory Coast.
18. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
19. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
20. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
22. A deep bow.
24. Store in a silo, as of fodder.
26. (anatomy) The base of a hollow organ or that part farthest from its opening.
28. English essayist (1775-1834).
29. A short sleep (usually not in bed).
30. A port and the capital of Guinea.
31. The shore of a sea or ocean.
33. An informal term for a father.
35. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
43. Jordan's port.
47. (Old Testament) An ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants.
48. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
50. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
51. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
52. A state of dishonor.
55. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
56. A liquid preparation used on wet hair to it a tint.
58. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
59. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
60. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
61. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
62. North African muishond.
64. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
65. United States religious leader who was the first person born in the United States to be canonized (1774-1821).
69. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
71. A genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees.
72. Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments.
73. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
75. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
78. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
79. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
83. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
87. A fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant.
88. Open pastry filled with fruit or custard.
92. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
93. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
94. The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Congo river opposite Brazzaville.
95. By bad luck.
96. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
97. Having gears not engaged or disconnected.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. Young of domestic cattle.
2. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
3. Acting like a clown or buffoon.
4. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
5. The sacred city of Lamaism.
6. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
7. Person who does no work.
8. Align anew or better.
9. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
10. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
11. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
12. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
13. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
14. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
15. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
21. Having odor or a characteristic odor.
23. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. Boxcar with latticed sides.
27. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
32. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
34. Cause to agonize.
38. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
39. Goddess of fate.
40. Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.
41. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
42. An emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement.
44. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
45. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
46. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
49. Method or manner of conduct in relation to others.
53. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
54. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
57. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
63. Consider as ideal.
66. A fabric made of silk or a silklike fabric that resembles organdy.
67. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
68. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
70. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
71. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
74. Having a pair of equal and opposite charges.
76. German writer (1830-1914).
77. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
80. Any plant of the genus Inula.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. Squash bugs.
84. Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost.
85. A special way of doing something.
86. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
89. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
90. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
91. Someone who is morally reprehensible.

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