Crossword Puzzle Number 5578 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
5. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
9. A Loloish language.
13. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
16. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
17. A lyric poet.
18. Perceive sound.
19. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
25. Fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
30. Not only so, but.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
34. Administer an oil or ointment to.
37. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
39. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
43. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. A West African language closely related to Fula.
50. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
51. Especially a long, formal letter.
54. God of fire.
55. Socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear as hosiery).
57. Order of mammals having few or no teeth including.
58. Black tropical American cuckoo.
59. A farcical afterpiece in the ancient Roman theater.
61. An Asian river.
64. Brilliantly colored south Asian pheasant.
65. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain.
66. Follower of Rastafarianism.
67. Not out.
68. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going".
69. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
71. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
72. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
76. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
78. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
83. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
86. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
91. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
92. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
94. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
96. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
97. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
98. Give qualities or abilities to.
99. A small island.
100. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
101. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
102. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
103. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
104. A strong emotion.

DOWN

1. A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family Cracidae.
4. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
8. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
11. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
12. The state of being behind in payments.
13. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
15. An endorsement.
22. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
24. South American cavy.
26. Of or like a cecum.
27. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. A potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine.
36. Corresponding exactly.
38. Dilatation or distension of a hollow organ.
40. Edible viscera of a butchered animal.
41. United States aviator who (with Richard E. Byrd) piloted the first flight over the North Pole (1890-1928).
42. Sea catfishes.
44. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
45. A segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene.
46. Characteristic of or occurring in winter.
48. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
52. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
53. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
56. Excessive desire to eat.
60. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
62. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
63. A nation in northern North America.
70. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
73. A motley assortment of things.
74. 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.
75. A light touch or stroke.
77. Any of several Orthodox Jewish sects who reject modern secular culture and many of whom do not recognize the spiritual authority of the modern state of Israel.
79. British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964).
80. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
82. Lower in esteem.
84. A person who gives a name or names.
85. Cruel or inhumane treatment.
87. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
88. A city in western Germany on the Rhine River.
89. Relating to the Urdu language.
90. A university in Connecticut.
93. Seed of a pea plant.
95. Having leadership guidance.

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