Crossword Puzzle Number 5679 (Large Grid)

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1. Slow to learn or understand.
5. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
13. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
16. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
17. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
19. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
20. The vein in the center of a leaf.
21. A city in central Georgia southeast of Atlanta.
23. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
25. A major god.
27. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
28. A mild comatose state.
31. Of or resembling algae.
33. Tag the base runner to get him out.
36. Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977).
39. Capital of modern Macedonia.
45. A heavy precious metallic element.
46. By bad luck.
51. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
52. An epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines.
53. Unknown god.
54. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
55. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
57. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
59. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
61. Lace again.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
65. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
72. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
74. Type genus of the Sulidae.
77. The cry made by sheep.
80. A Hindu prince or king in India.
84. A rude or vulgar fool.
86. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
89. Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of.
92. A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm.
94. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
95. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
96. A small cake leavened with yeast.
98. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
99. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
100. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
101. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
102. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
103. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.

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1. (informal) "in the dumps".
2. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
3. A woman of refinement.
4. Type genus of the Burhinidae.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
8. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
9. (anatomy) Opposite to or away from the mouth.
10. Obvious and dull.
11. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
12. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal.
13. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
14. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
15. A large number or amount.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. Having a tail.
26. Before noon.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A Russian river.
32. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
34. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
35. Either extremity of something that has length.
37. Absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting from the removal of cataracts).
38. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal.
40. Having an oblique or slanted direction.
41. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
42. An elaborate song for solo voice.
43. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
44. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
47. Willing to face danger.
48. Jordan's port.
49. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
50. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
56. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
58. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
60. Of surpassing excellence.
62. An accountant certified by the state.
64. Generalized edema with accumulation of serum in subcutaneous connective tissue.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
69. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
70. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
71. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
73. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
75. Relating to or near the ulna.
76. United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964).
78. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
79. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
81. A cravat with wide square ends.
82. Fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder.
83. A hard copal derived from an African tree.
85. A state in the western United States.
87. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
88. The content of cognition.
90. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
91. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
93. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
97. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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