Crossword Puzzle Number 2875 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. A French abbot.
8. A small cake leavened with yeast.
12. An informal term for a father.
16. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
17. A compact mass.
18. A person who makes use of a thing.
19. An Eskimo hut.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. Loggerhead turtles.
22. An adjective used as a noun.
24. One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel.
26. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
27. Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
28. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug.
30. A nonmagnetic housing for a ship's compass (usually in front of the helm).
36. Small space in a tissue or part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing.
40. A Russian river.
41. A jaunty rhythm in music.
42. Someone who fights for a cause.
47. A useful or valuable quality.
49. Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574).
50. The last (12th) month of the year.
51. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
53. Any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life.
56. Of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion.
58. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
60. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
61. Informal terms for a mother.
65. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
66. Liquorice-flavored seeds or oil used in cookies or cakes or pickles.
69. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
71. A variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation.
72. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
76. The Israeli unicameral parliament.
78. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
81. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
82. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
83. Give life-like qualities to.
86. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
88. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
89. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
90. Urged social reform in 19th century England.
92. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
93. The longest division of geological time.
94. A general conscious awareness.
95. An informal term for a father.
96. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Cry plaintively.
2. Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties.
3. God of death.
4. A formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person.
5. Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit.
6. Relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind.
7. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
8. 100 bututs equal 1 dalasi.
9. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
10. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. An oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension.
13. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
14. On the positive side or higher end of a scale.
15. The sister of your father or mother.
23. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
25. Be a sign or indication of.
29. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
31. A man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland.
32. English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805).
33. Tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp.
34. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
35. Symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue.
37. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
38. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
39. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
43. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
44. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
45. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
46. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
48. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
54. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
55. A member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico.
57. A battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC).
59. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
62. The easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations).
63. The form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published.
64. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
68. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
70. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
73. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
74. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
75. Jordan's port.
77. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
79. Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.
80. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
84. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
85. Water frozen in the solid state.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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