Crossword Puzzle Number 5538 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
4. (formerly) A writing tablet made of slate.
9. Loose or flaccid body fat.
13. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. A Nilotic language.
17. Of or like a cecum.
18. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
19. The sign language used in the United States.
20. A Dravidian language closely related to Tamil that is spoken in a hilly section of southwestern India.
22. A resident of Utah.
24. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
26. Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers.
27. Heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds.
29. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
30. (informal) Exceptionally good.
32. A loose cloak with a hood.
36. (Babylonian) In older pantheon.
39. Ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water.
45. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
46. Half the width of an em.
47. One of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split.
48. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
52. Towards the side away from the wind.
53. (Akkadian) Mother of the gods and consort of Apsu.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A calcium blocker (trade name Cardizem) used in treating hypertension or angina or heart failure.
59. A solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church.
62. Segmented worms.
64. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
65. A member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
66. Characteristic of or relating to winter.
68. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
69. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
71. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
73. A doctor's degree in religion.
76. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
78. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
79. Of or relating to or supporting Islamism.
87. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
88. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
90. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends.
92. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
93. (Japanese) A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper.
94. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
96. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
97. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
98. A language group of the Hokan family.
99. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
100. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
2. 100 aurar equal 1 krona.
3. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
4. A fraudulent business scheme.
5. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
6. (medicine) Having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course.
7. French filmmaker (1908-1982).
8. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
9. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
10. A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool.
11. Before noon.
12. The cry made by sheep.
13. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
14. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
15. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
21. United States film actor (born in Hungary) noted for portraying monsters (1884-1956).
23. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
25. An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal).
28. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
33. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish found it warm waters (especially Hawaii).
35. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
37. Pertaining to or located on or near the seacoast.
38. Used of wood and furniture.
40. (Greek mythology) God of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology.
41. A genus of Sterninae.
42. Store in a silo, as of fodder.
43. Widely known and esteemed.
44. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
49. A glancing rebound.
50. A city in the European part of Russia.
51. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
54. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
57. Of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula.
58. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
60. Offering fun and gaiety.
61. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
63. (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.
67. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin).
70. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
72. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
74. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
75. A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents.
77. God of wealth and love.
80. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
81. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
82. A Hindu prince or king in India.
83. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
84. A Loloish language.
85. God of love and erotic desire.
86. (legal terminology) The Latin word for wife.
89. (prefix) Reverse of or absence of.
91. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
95. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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