Crossword Puzzle Number 5654 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
5. Tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers.
9. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.
13. Not reflecting light.
16. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
17. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
18. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
19. The residue that remains when something is burned.
20. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
21. Avatar of Vishnu.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
23. The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located adv.
24. A bottle with a stopper.
26. A historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan.
29. A tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site.
31. A narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine).
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. A quantity of no importance.
36. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
38. State capital of New York.
44. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
46. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
48. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
54. A period of 10 years.
56. The quantity a scoop will hold.
57. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
58. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
59. Leave or strike out, as of vowels.
62. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.
66. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
68. An Old World reptile family of Sauria.
70. Gull family.
74. In the Roman calendar.
75. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).
78. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
80. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
84. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
85. A unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg.
88. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
90. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
91. A sharp change in direction.
92. The Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian people.
93. In or of the present month.
94. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
95. Used of a single unit or thing.
96. Combined or joined to increase in size or quantity or scope.
97. Fallow deer.
98. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A Russian river.
3. Terminate before completion, as of a computer process, a mission, etc..
4. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
5. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
6. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
7. (music) The speed at which a composition is to be played.
8. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
9. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
10. A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula.
11. Beat with a cane.
12. A form of address for a married woman.
13. A Bantu language.
14. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
15. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
25. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
27. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
28. Type genus of the Alaudidae.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. Loss of hair (especially on the head) or wool or feathers.
37. Web spinners.
39. Any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth gray bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs.
40. Fringed or adorned with tassels.
41. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
42. 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.
43. Turn into cheese, of milk.
45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
47. Worn away as by water or ice or wind.
49. The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites.
50. A state in New England.
51. Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut.
52. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
55. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
61. Come into existence.
63. United States singer and film actress (1922-1969).
64. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
65. A nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century.
66. A form of address for a married woman.
69. A Spanish female Gypsy.
71. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
72. An honorary arts degree.
73. 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.
76. Very dark black.
77. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
79. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
81. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
82. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
83. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
86. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
87. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
89. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.

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