Crossword Puzzle Number 2488 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A three-year law degree.
4. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. An informal term for a father.
16. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
17. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
18. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
21. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
22. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
23. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
24. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
26. A resident of Arkansas.
29. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
31. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
33. French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873).
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. Relating to or containing acetic acid.
45. Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
47. Slanderous defamation.
49. English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985).
51. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
53. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
54. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
55. State in northeastern India.
57. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
59. Used of a single unit or thing.
60. Hear with intention.
61. Covered with beads of liquid.
62. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
64. A negatively charged atom.
66. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
72. A state in north central United States.
73. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
77. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
78. A language of Australian aborigines.
81. A doctor's degree in music.
84. Make visible.
86. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language.
87. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
88. United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954).
89. American novelist (1909-1955).
91. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
94. (informal) Roused to anger.
95. English monk and scholar (672-735).
96. Fallow deer.
97. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
2. The basic unit of money on Malta.
3. Divulge information or secrets.
4. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
5. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians.
6. Aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver.
7. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
8. Type genus of the Sulidae.
9. Type genus of the Anatidae.
10. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
11. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
12. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
13. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
14. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
15. Indigo bush.
25. Characterized by emotion.
27. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Come into existence.
34. Mites and ticks.
35. Censure severely or angrily.
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).
39. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
40. The male reproductive organ of a flower.
41. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
42. Convert code into ordinary language.
43. Lacking external ears.
44. Causing fear or dread or terror.
46. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
50. A deep bow.
52. A light touch or stroke.
56. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
58. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Zaire or its people.
64. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
65. The commercial activity of providing funds and capital.
66. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
67. Wanted intensely.
68. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
69. Of or relating to the lips of the mouth.
70. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
71. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
74. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen).
75. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
76. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
77. A young woman making her debut into society.
79. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
80. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
82. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
83. An informal term for a father.
85. A boy or man.
86. A state in midwestern United States.
90. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
92. A state in midwestern United States.
93. A doctor's degree in religion.

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