Crossword Puzzle Number 5429 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
16. An informal term for a father.
17. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
18. Taking place over public roads.
19. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
21. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
24. Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.
26. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
28. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
29. Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross.
31. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
33. Deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury.
36. Before noon.
38. United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish.
42. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
46. (music) A short recitative that is melodic but is not an aria.
47. A place where ships can take on or discharge cargo.
50. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
52. A mouth or mouthlike opening.
53. Half the width of an em.
54. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
59. A company emblem or device.
63. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
64. Two items of the same kind.
65. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
66. Someone who can use sign language to communicate.
68. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
70. A large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius.
72. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
73. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
74. An internal representation of the world.
76. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
79. A light touch or stroke.
84. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
87. Serving as or forming a base.
91. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
92. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
95. Of southern Europe.
96. Of or in or relating to the nose.
97. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
99. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
100. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
101. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
102. An informal term for a father.
103. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
104. An uproarious party.

DOWN

1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
2. The rate of moving (especially walking or running).
3. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
4. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
5. Clothing for the head.
6. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
7. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
8. A unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
9. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
10. A hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g..
11. Southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. Wearing or provided with clothing.
14. Having been read.
15. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
22. Informal terms for a mother.
23. Space by the side of a bed (especially the bed of a sick or dying person).
25. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
27. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
30. Not divisible by two.
32. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
34. (Japanese) An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea.
35. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
37. South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
39. Conforming to truth.
40. Type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales.
41. (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) Small genus of widely distributed marine plants.
44. An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach).
45. Type genus of the family Ancylidae.
48. Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium.
49. A Russian river.
51. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
55. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland.
56. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
57. A cycle with three wheels.
58. Wife of Balder.
60. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
61. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
62. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
67. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.
69. Take hold of.
70. Clothing for the head.
71. A white trivalent metallic element.
75. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
77. Lower in esteem.
78. Informal terms for objecting.
80. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
81. The cry made by sheep.
82. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
83. Jordan's port.
85. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
86. Flat tableland with steep edges.
88. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
89. God of love and erotic desire.
90. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
93. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
94. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
98. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
99. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

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