Crossword Puzzle Number 2959 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine).
5. A book of the New Testament.
9. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
13. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. Type genus of the Amiidae.
17. The imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC.
18. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
19. Informal terms for the mouth.
20. Not agitated.
21. A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
22. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
23. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
24. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
25. An intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls.
27. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
30. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
31. God of death.
32. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
38. (India) Usually in combination.
42. Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States.
44. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
46. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
47. Take or catch as if in a snare or trap.
50. One thousand periods per second.
51. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
52. A humorous anecdote or remark.
54. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
56. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
62. A connecting point at which several lines come together.
63. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
64. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
65. Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries.
66. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
67. Characteristic of the classical artistic and literary traditions.
72. Of or belonging to an aecium.
74. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
76. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
77. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
78. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
80. Antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA.
83. A name that has been assumed temporarily.
87. Old World woody vines.
89. A special loved one.
92. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
93. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
94. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
96. Occupied or in the control of.
97. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
98. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
99. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
100. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
101. God of love and erotic desire.

DOWN

1. A written agreement between two states or sovereigns.
2. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
3. World's longest river (4187 miles).
4. Oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias.
5. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
6. 100 chon equal 1 won.
7. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable.
8. Relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs.
9. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
10. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
11. White Southerner supporting Reconstruction policies after the Civil War usually for self-interest.
12. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
13. Opinion or judgment.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
26. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
28. A shallow basin in a desert region.
29. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
33. A boat for communication between ship and shore.
34. Still in existence.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. An ancient branch of the Semitic languages.
41. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
43. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
45. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
48. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
49. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
53. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
55. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
57. A streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine.
58. A small bone.
59. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
60. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
61. A state in midwestern United States.
68. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
69. A quantity of no importance.
70. A stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top.
71. Of or containing iridium.
73. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
75. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
76. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
79. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
82. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
84. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
85. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
86. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
88. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
90. Not in good physical or mental health.
91. The capital and largest city of Japan.
92. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
95. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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