Crossword Puzzle Number 5072 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
4. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
8. One thousandth of a second.
12. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
16. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
17. Type genus of the Amiidae.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
20. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
21. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
22. Slightly open.
23. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
24. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
26. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
28. An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica.
30. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century.
32. Informal terms for a mother.
35. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
38. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
45. Being one more than fifty.
46. A member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners.
47. Tending or intended to rectify or improve.
48. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
50. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
52. A notice of someone's death.
53. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
56. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
57. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
58. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
59. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
60. A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form v 1.
62. (Christianity) Holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine.
65. Of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its people or language.
67. (electronics) Designating sound transmission from two sources through two channels.
71. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
72. (physics) A deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves.
74. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
76. Of or relating to the gonads.
81. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
84. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
86. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
87. The act of scanning.
90. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
91. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
93. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
95. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
96. A doctor's degree in education.
97. Administer an oil or ointment to.
98. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
2. Jordan's port.
3. The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs.
4. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
6. Of a pale purple color.
7. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
8. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
10. Remove from memory or existence.
11. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
12. The condition of having no arms.
13. North American bluebirds.
14. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
15. (Christianity) The abode of Satan and the forces of evil.
25. Mollusk with a low conical shell.
27. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. Smiling with happiness or optimism.
37. Inability to make purposeful movements.
39. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body.
40. Someone who leaves one country to settle in another.
41. A sudden and violent collapse.
42. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm.
43. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
49. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
51. A crime syndicate in the United States.
54. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
55. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
61. An ill-defined state of irritability and distress.
63. French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982).
64. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
66. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
68. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
69. Any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior.
70. Well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force.
73. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
75. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
77. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.
78. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
82. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
83. Port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center.
85. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
86. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
88. The force of workers available.
89. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
92. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
94. A doctor's degree in optometry.

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