Crossword Puzzle Number 3998 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
9. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
17. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
18. Chief port of Yemen.
19. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
20. Primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull.
21. Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water.
23. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
24. A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another.
25. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
28. A genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers.
30. Freed from illness or injury.
32. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
34. Having a woven pattern.
37. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
38. Being nine more than ninety.
43. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
44. Unknown god.
45. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. Any of a group of hard crystalline minerals that consist of aluminum silicates of potassium or sodium or calcium or barium.
50. 100 chon equal 1 won.
52. A master's degree in theology.
54. Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency.
55. (especially of promises or contracts) Not violated or disregarded.
56. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa.
58. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
59. Framework for holding objects.
60. Being one more than forty.
61. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.
63. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
65. Small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits.
66. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
70. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
71. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
72. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
74. Unpleasantly stern.
77. Having no fixed course.
83. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
86. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
87. (biology) Having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk.
88. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
90. 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.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
93. A toilet in England.
96. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
98. A decree that prohibits something.
99. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
100. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
101. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
102. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. Something causes misery or death.
3. Metal shackles.
4. (biology) Living in or being an environment rich in organic matter but lacking oxygen.
5. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
6. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
7. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
8. A genus of Platalea.
9. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
10. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
11. Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully".
12. Black tropical American cuckoo.
13. A large fleet.
14. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
22. 16 ounces.
26. A radical who advocates the abolition of political or economic or social inequalities.
27. Treat with contempt.
29. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
33. A kind of malacostracan crustacean.
35. Capital of modern Macedonia.
36. Of or relating to Immanuel Kant or his philosophy.
39. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
40. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
41. A unit of pressure.
42. The basic unit of money in Macao.
46. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress.
48. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
49. Happen or occur again.
51. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
53. Botfly larva.
57. A sum of money paid.
62. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
64. Cast again.
67. Type genus of the Rhamnaceae.
68. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas.
69. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
73. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
75. The act of scanning.
76. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
78. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
79. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
80. Jordan's port.
81. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
82. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
84. Very dark black.
85. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
89. Misery resulting from affliction.
91. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
94. A person forced to flee from home or country.
95. The fifth day of the week.
97. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.

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