Crossword Puzzle Number 5559 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
4. Enthusiastic approval.
9. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
16. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
17. The dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa.
18. Informal terms for money.
19. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
20. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
22. An evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia.
24. Affect with wonder.
26. The 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
30. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
31. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
33. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
34. Brush turkeys.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
38. Weapons considered collectively.
42. (Lebanese) A finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat.
45. Time during which some action is awaited.
46. An unforeseen obstacle.
47. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
49. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
50. Capital of Armenia.
53. Place a value on.
56. Injured by bites or stings.
57. Dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin.
58. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
61. French classical painter (1780-1867).
62. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
63. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
64. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
65. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
67. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
68. Being four more than ninety.
70. Minor or subordinate.
73. A Russian river.
75. Unknown god.
77. Of or relating to near the ear.
79. Short and fat.
81. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
83. Casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs.
87. 1 species.
89. An open box attached to a long pole handle.
91. A colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling.
92. In bed.
93. (Sumerian) Sun god.
94. That can be given a date.
97. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
99. The month following February and preceding April.
100. Lower in esteem.
101. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
103. A local computer network for communication between computers.
104. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
105. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
106. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
107. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A low heavy horsecart without sides.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
5. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
6. A successful womanizer (after a fictional seducer).
7. The second largest continent.
8. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
9. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
12. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
13. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
14. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
15. Chief port of Yemen.
21. United States comedian.
23. Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts.
25. A landlocked republic in southern central Africa.
27. United States feminist (1885-1977).
28. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
29. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
32. The act of storing something.
35. American Revolutionary leader and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792).
36. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
39. A motley assortment of things.
40. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
41. Impressive in appearance.
43. The quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time.
44. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
48. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
51. A barbiturate used as a hypnotic.
52. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
54. A light informal meal.
55. The second largest city in Tunisia.
59. The people of Great Britain.
60. The act of rewriting something.
66. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
69. A body serving in an administrative capacity.
70. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
71. (of hair) "auburn hair".
72. A port city in southwestern Iran.
74. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
76. Before noon.
78. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
80. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
81. A public promotion of some product or service.
82. Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other.
84. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
85. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
86. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
88. A small cake leavened with yeast.
90. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
95. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
96. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
98. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
102. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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