Crossword Puzzle Number 2557 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any wingless blood-sucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.
5. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
9. A Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol.
13. An accountant certified by the state.
16. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
17. Uttering in an irritated tone.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
20. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
21. An intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X.
23. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
25. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
27. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
28. In bed.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
38. European shad.
42. Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
47. One or some or every or all without specification.
48. The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island).
49. Type genus of the Felidae.
52. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
54. A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence.
56. Shake violently.
58. A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.
59. United States Army surgeon who suppressed yellow fever in Havana and in the Panama Canal Zone (1854-1920).
61. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers.
63. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
64. An embarrassing mistake.
66. That is to say.
67. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
69. Lower in esteem.
71. A light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts).
75. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
77. Liquid excretory product.
79. Avatar of Vishnu.
81. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
83. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
85. Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane.
88. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.
91. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
92. Having a tendency to cause harm.
93. Colony of the United Kingdom located on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain.
94. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
97. Having relatively few calories.
98. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
99. A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.
100. (used of count nouns) Every one considered individually.

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1. Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another.
2. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
3. 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.
4. Jordan's port.
5. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
6. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
7. A unit of pressure.
8. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
9. A country on the island of Jamaica.
10. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
11. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
12. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
13. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
14. A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
30. United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969).
32. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
34. (biology) Having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft.
35. Secret or hidden.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. Native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery.
39. Potentially existing but not presently evident or realized.
40. Fill beyond capacity.
41. Affecting an entire system.
43. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
44. A radioactive transuranic element.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
50. Any plant of the genus Inula.
51. Of inferior or mixed breed.
53. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
55. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
57. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
60. A deep bow.
62. Informal terms for a mother.
65. Beads threaded on a string.
68. A pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3).
69. A unit of pressure.
70. A person loved by another person.
71. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
72. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
73. A son who has the same first name as his father.
74. A town in central Belgium.
76. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
78. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
79. That is to say.
80. A river in southeastern France.
82. Avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues.
84. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
86. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
87. A person regarded as arrogant and annoying.
89. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
90. The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
95. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
96. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.

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