Crossword Puzzle Number 5543 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
4. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
8. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
12. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
16. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
17. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
18. A city in northern India.
19. The basic unit of money on Malta.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. New Guinea echidnas.
23. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
25. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. Made of grated potato and egg with a little flour.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
34. Distributed or spread over a considerable extent.
39. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
43. Humble request for help.
44. Revoke formally.
47. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
48. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
49. The middle of the day.
50. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
51. A Spanish river.
52. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
53. A squire carrying the armor of a knight.
55. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
56. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
58. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
59. A period of 10 years.
61. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
62. Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus.
64. A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra.
65. Genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs.
68. A particular environment or walk of life.
69. Being nothing more than specified.
70. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
71. German mathematician (1804-1851).
75. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
76. A radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth.
78. A public promotion of some product or service.
80. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
88. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
90. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
91. Denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eight and one less than ten.
93. Free from risk or danger.
95. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
96. The probability of a specified outcome.
97. On or toward the lee.
98. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
100. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
4. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
5. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Set down according to a plan.
8. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. A son who has the same first name as his father.
11. Preserve of crushed fruit.
12. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
13. Interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'.
14. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
15. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. By bad luck.
26. Regional and archaic.
28. A peasant farmer in the Scottish highlands.
31. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
33. A metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables.
35. Easily calmed or pacified.
36. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes.
37. A prehistoric megalith typically having two upright stones and a capstone.
38. National capital of Solomon Islands.
40. Vibrate, as of a swing before it comes to a total rest.
41. An animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets.
42. In or relating to the duodenum.
45. Napoleon defeated the Russians in a pitched battle at Borodino in 1812, but irreparably weakened his army.
46. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
54. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. Being one more than one.
60. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
63. Lie adjacent to another.
66. The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
67. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
72. Devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence.
73. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
74. In operation or operational.
77. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.
79. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
80. A state in northwestern North America.
81. A sudden short attack.
82. The tissue forming the hard outer layer of e.g. a fruit.
83. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
84. Something that remunerates.
85. In bed.
86. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
87. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
89. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
92. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
94. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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