Crossword Puzzle Number 5645 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. (anatomy) A natural hollow or sinus within the body.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. A unit of pain intensity.
16. Something that remunerates.
17. Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel.
18. A quantity of no importance.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
21. The capital and principal port of Tunisia.
22. Again but in a new or different way.
23. Adult female chicken.
24. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
26. Soft leather shoe.
29. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
31. A town in central Belgium.
33. A decree that prohibits something.
34. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
36. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
43. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
47. Of or at or relating to an anode.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
53. A very small spot.
54. Meat from a calf.
56. The cry made by sheep.
58. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
59. A town in southern Turkey.
62. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
63. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
64. One thousandth of a second.
65. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
66. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
67. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
70. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
73. In operation or operational.
74. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
77. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
79. A card game for 2 players.
82. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
83. Grind together, of teeth.
84. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
89. Flexible twig of a willow tree.
92. A member of the Dravidian people living in southern India.
94. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
97. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
98. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
99. Report or maintain.
101. (Judaism) Not conforming to dietary laws.
102. Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits.
103. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
104. Material used to daub walls.
105. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
106. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
107. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

DOWN

1. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
4. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
5. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
6. Fermented juice (of grapes especially).
7. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
8. Flat tableland with steep edges.
9. Squash bugs.
10. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
11. A benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin.
12. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A Russian river.
25. A light touch or stroke.
27. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
28. The Fate who cuts the thread of life.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
32. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
35. An informal term for a father.
37. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
38. Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil.
39. (chemistry) Relating to or containing an alkali.
41. Enact or perform again.
42. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
44. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
46. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
49. By bad luck.
51. Affect with wonder.
52. Greek mythology.
55. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
57. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
60. A state in east central United States.
61. A metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.
68. A Hindu prince or king in India.
69. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
71. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
72. Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.
73. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
75. A small cake leavened with yeast.
76. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
78. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
79. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
80. Of or in or relating to the nose.
81. Type genus of the Caviidae.
85. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
86. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
87. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
88. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
90. Armor plate that protects the chest.
91. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
93. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
95. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
96. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
100. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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