Crossword Puzzle Number 5262 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
4. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
9. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
13. An informal term for a father.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. English philologist (1835-1912).
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
20. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
22. Serving no useful purpose.
24. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
26. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
28. Not fake or counterfeit.
30. Considerate and solicitous care.
32. The act of refusing a request.
33. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
36. African terrestrial ferns.
39. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
42. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
44. The cardinal number that is the sum of three and one.
46. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
47. Characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position.
49. Be earlier in time.
50. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
51. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
52. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
54. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
56. A collection of excerpts from a literary work.
58. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
61. Having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum.
62. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
63. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
64. A doctor's degree in education.
65. (used of an ill-mannered child) Impolitely unruly.
72. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656).
73. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
74. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
76. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
79. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
83. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
85. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
88. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
90. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
91. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
92. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
93. Type genus of the Amiidae.
94. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
95. Tag the base runner to get him out.
96. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
97. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
2. Gather, as of as crops.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
5. A state in northwestern North America.
6. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
7. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails.
8. Of or relating to near the ear.
9. Be later in time.
10. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
11. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
12. Pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland).
13. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
14. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
15. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
21. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
23. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
25. Not enough.
27. Your general store of remembered information.
29. In place of, or as an alternative to.
31. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone.
34. Bound with chains.
35. A beta-adrenergic blocking agent (trade name Corgard) that is used to treat hypertension and angina.
37. Deeply moved.
38. Pour water on.
40. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
41. (biology) Taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.
43. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
45. Enthusiastic approval.
48. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
53. Sole genus of the family Naiadaceae.
55. The longest river of Asia.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
60. An inhabitant of ancient Thebes.
66. Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses.
67. United States writer and social critic (1817-1862).
68. A state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal.
69. Covered with paving material.
70. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
71. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
75. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
76. A state in New England.
77. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
78. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
80. Fraught with extreme danger.
81. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
82. By bad luck.
84. Offering fun and gaiety.
86. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
87. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
89. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.

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