Crossword Puzzle Number 4066 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
4. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship.
9. (archaic) A fitting reward.
13. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
16. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
17. Jordan's port.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
20. Sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye).
22. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
25. American dwarf fan palms.
28. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
32. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
35. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
36. A point located with respect to surface features of some region.
38. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
40. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
44. Wash out with a solvent, as in chromatography.
46. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
49. A river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland.
50. An African river.
51. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
52. A Hindu prince or king in India.
53. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
54. The fatty flesh of eel.
55. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
59. The father of your father or mother.
61. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
62. (Greek mythology) The Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology.
64. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
65. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
66. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
67. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
70. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
71. Locate and correct errors in a computer program code.
78. The sixth month of the civil year.
81. An English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718).
84. Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813).
86. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
88. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
89. (informal) Of the highest quality.
90. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
92. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
93. Outer space as viewed from the earth.
94. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
95. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
96. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
97. An affirmative.

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1. The sound like water splashing.
2. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
3. Trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions.
4. In captivity.
5. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
6. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
7. A French abbot.
8. Archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival.
9. Affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
11. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
12. A doctor's degree in religion.
13. A game in which numbered balls are drawn and random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
14. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
15. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
21. The range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art".
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. Omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America.
26. (of farmland) Broken and turned over with a plow.
27. A fraudulent business scheme.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery.
33. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
34. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
37. A gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
42. Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns.
43. A young unmarried woman.
45. The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it).
47. A genus of Platalea.
48. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
57. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
58. A native American tent.
60. A city in western Kenya.
63. Any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago.
68. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel.
69. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
72. Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning).
73. Held back.
74. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
75. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
76. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
77. Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl.
78. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
79. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
80. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
82. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
83. 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).
85. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
87. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
91. A public promotion of some product or service.

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