Crossword Puzzle Number 4500 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
9. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
13. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
16. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
17. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
18. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
22. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
24. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
25. A circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.
26. Of or relating to the hands.
28. The capital and largest city of Liechtenstein.
29. A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities.
30. Located in or toward the back or rear.
32. Before noon.
34. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. A door-like movable barrier in a fence or wall.
47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
48. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
50. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
51. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
55. A period of time assigned for work.
56. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
60. God of the underworld.
61. The Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
63. A French abbot.
65. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
66. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
69. A state in New England.
70. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
73. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
75. A Mid-Atlantic state.
77. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
80. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
82. Of or relating to Aram or to its inhabitants or their culture or their language.
86. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
89. A fraudulent business scheme.
90. Trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol.
91. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
92. Make or shape as with an axe.
94. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
96. A case for containing a set of articles.
97. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
98. Jordan's port.
99. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
100. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoke south of Lake Chad.
2. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
3. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
4. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
5. A flexible container with a single opening.
6. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
8. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
9. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. Being one more than two.
12. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
13. Beads threaded on a string.
14. Relating to the Urdu language.
15. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
21. German hero.
23. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
27. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
29. (of tempo) Leisurely n.
31. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
33. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
35. Bubble shells.
36. In bed.
38. Worn by rubbing or friction.
39. Cause to feel sure.
41. (psychology) An urge to accept or approach a situation or an object.
42. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
43. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
46. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
49. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
52. The cry made by sheep.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
57. 30 to 300 kilohertz.
58. Any of the chemical elements fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine.
59. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
62. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
64. The capital of the state of Kansas.
67. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
68. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
71. A state in New England.
72. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
73. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
74. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
76. (Welsh) Lord of Annwfn (the other world.
78. (dentistry) A filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place.
79. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
81. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
82. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
83. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
84. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
85. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
87. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top.
88. The basic unit of money in Peru.
93. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
95. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.

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