Crossword Puzzle Number 2509 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
4. Limbless scaly elongate reptile.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
13. The quantity contained in a keg.
16. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
17. Flesh of a castrated male chicken.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
20. Not only so, but.
22. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
25. Causing a dull and steady pain.
26. Prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules.
29. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. Order by virtue of superior authority.
34. Any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage.
41. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
42. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
45. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
46. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
47. Growing old.
48. A short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms.
50. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
52. The general activity of selling.
53. A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle.
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. Taking place over public roads.
58. A resource.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
62. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
63. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
64. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
68. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
69. (biology) Rough to the touch.
71. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
73. Surpass in speed.
78. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
82. Distance travelled per unit time.
85. A group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.
86. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
89. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
90. Family based on male descent.
91. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
92. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
94. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
95. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
96. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
97. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
98. Slightly insane.

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1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A major god.
4. A white trivalent metallic element.
5. A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa).
6. Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
7. A cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids.
8. Half the width of an em.
9. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
10. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
11. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. A branch of the Tai languages.
14. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
15. The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.
21. Slow or shallow breathing.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935).
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. 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.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
35. One of the three Furies.
36. Pouch used in the shipment of mail.
37. Befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman.
38. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
39. English chemist (1897-1978).
40. The father of your father or mother.
43. An outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles.
44. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
49. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
51. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
54. Mostly tropical songbird.
55. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
61. Predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax.
63. Regional and archaic.
65. Charge falsely or with malicious intent.
66. An enclosed space.
67. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
70. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
72. A rare soft silvery metallic element.
74. The topmost one of two.
75. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
76. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
77. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
79. Meat from an adult domestic bovine.
80. Of a leaf shape.
81. Something to which a mountain climber's rope can be secured v 1.
83. A small nail.
84. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
87. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
88. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
93. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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