Crossword Puzzle Number 5686 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds.
4. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
8. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
12. (poetic) Tranquil silence.
16. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
17. An African antelope closely related to the waterbuck.
18. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
19. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
20. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
22. United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951).
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
26. A loss of will power.
27. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
28. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. Having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
36. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
38. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
42. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
45. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
52. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
54. A member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri hills in southern India.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. The first light of day.
59. A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times.
60. Having relatively few calories.
61. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
63. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
66. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
67. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
68. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
69. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
71. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
72. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
73. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
76. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
79. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
81. 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.
82. Someone whose business is advertising.
84. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
90. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
93. Used of the language of the deaf.
96. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
97. A notice of someone's death.
98. A sudden short attack.
100. Black tropical American cuckoo.
101. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
102. A genus of Mustelidae.
103. A slender double-reed instrument.
104. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
105. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

DOWN

1. Wearing or provided with clothing.
2. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
3. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
4. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
5. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
6. A Loloish language.
7. The French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec.
8. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
9. Of or relating an apse.
10. Stalk of a moss capsule.
11. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
12. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location.
13. Type genus of the family Ulvaceae.
14. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
15. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. Cabbage butterflies.
34. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
35. Lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion.
37. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
39. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
40. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
41. Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus).
44. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
48. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
50. American Revolutionary patriot.
51. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
53. Drawn into the lungs.
56. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
58. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
62. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
64. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
65. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir.
70. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
74. Someone who takes more time than necessary.
75. Port city on Atlantic coast.
77. A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display.
78. An enclosed space.
80. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
83. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
85. A salt deposit that animals regularly lick.
86. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
87. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
88. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
89. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
91. 100 sene equal 1 tala.
92. English essayist (1775-1834).
94. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.
95. A federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.
99. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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