Crossword Puzzle Number 5245 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A humorous anecdote or remark.
4. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
8. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
12. A wound made by cutting.
16. (Babylonian) The sky god.
17. A small nail.
18. Offering fun and gaiety.
19. Type genus of the Ranidae.
20. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
22. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
26. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
27. Rambling talkativeness (especially in the aged).
30. A Greek sandwich.
32. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
34. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
36. A vigorous blow.
40. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
41. American novelist (1909-1955).
42. Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers.
44. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
52. The act of scanning.
53. A local computer network for communication between computers.
54. Genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees.
56. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
60. A strong emotion.
61. Avatar of Vishnu.
62. The eighth month of the civil year.
63. A radioactive transuranic element that is similar to uranium.
64. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
66. An administrative unit of government.
68. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
70. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red.
75. The square of a body of any size of type.
76. A fit of shivering.
78. An associate degree in applied science.
80. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
82. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
84. A member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan language.
87. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
89. French artist who immigrated to the United States.
93. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
95. A faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
97. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
98. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
99. (Norse mythology) God of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature.
101. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
102. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy.
103. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
104. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
105. Flat and uninspiring.
106. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas.
2. Type genus of the Anatidae.
3. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
4. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
5. Antacid (trade name Prilosec) that suppresses acid secretion in the stomach.
6. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
7. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
8. 1/10 gram.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. By bad luck.
11. A light touch or stroke.
12. The father of your father or mother.
13. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
14. Expressive of contempt.
15. United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981).
21. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
23. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
28. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
29. A resource.
31. A small piece of cloth.
33. English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833).
35. The first month of the Islamic calendar.
37. A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.
38. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
39. The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people.
43. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
45. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
46. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
47. Make certain of.
49. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
51. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
55. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
57. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
58. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
59. A member of a North American Plains people (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming).
65. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
67. A window that is hinged (usually on one side).
69. Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with Western styles of acting (1910-1998).
71. Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial.
72. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
73. The airforce of Great Britain.
77. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
79. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
81. A language group of the Hokan family.
83. Transient cessation of respiration.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
88. 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.
89. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
90. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
91. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
92. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
94. A master's degree in business.
96. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
100. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.

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