Crossword Puzzle Number 5701 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
5. A set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones.
9. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
13. A unit of pressure.
16. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
17. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
18. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
19. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. Long and thin and often limp.
21. A medium for oil-paints.
22. A kind of sedan chair used in India.
24. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
26. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
27. A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing.
29. A violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa.
32. A Mid-Atlantic state.
33. Having the slant of a bevel.
35. A city in northern India.
36. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
39. A violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family.
42. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
44. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
45. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
46. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
48. A long fixed look.
50. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
52. A sudden short attack.
53. A city in southern Japan on Kyushu.
56. The cry made by sheep.
57. The highest level or degree attainable.
58. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. A painful and involuntary muscular contraction.
62. Of or relating to the palm of the hand or to the area at the base of the thumb.
64. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Goddess of fertility.
67. A low-lying region in central France.
70. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
76. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
77. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
81. A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government).
84. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
86. Hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia.
89. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
90. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
91. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
93. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
94. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
95. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
96. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
97. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
98. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.

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1. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
2. Complacently or inanely foolish.
3. An island of central Hawaii.
4. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
5. (Arthurian legend) The battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded.
6. Chocolate cookie with white cream filling.
7. Remove gas from.
8. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
9. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
10. Before noon.
11. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
12. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
13. A Java application.
14. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
15. Tropical Asian starlings.
23. Large bamboo having thick-walled culms.
25. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
28. Used especially of plants.
30. Large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit.
31. A city of east central Mexico (west of Veracruz).
34. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
37. European fishes.
38. A failure to maintain a higher state.
40. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
41. Especially fine or decorative clothing.
43. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
47. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
49. Jordan's port.
51. Lower in esteem.
54. Capital of modern Macedonia.
55. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
61. Humorously vulgar.
63. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
65. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
68. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
69. A Russian river.
71. Wait in hiding to attack.
72. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
73. Feel admiration for.
74. (of persons) So unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.
75. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
78. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
79. A noisy riotous fight.
80. Ludicrously odd.
82. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
83. An elaborate song for solo voice.
85. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
87. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
88. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
92. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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