Crossword Puzzle Number 5705 (Large Grid)

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1. An unforeseen obstacle.
4. The capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
9. An informal term for a father.
13. An enclosed space.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. (often plural) A command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.
18. The basic unit of money in Iran.
19. A master's degree in business.
20. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
21. Hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo.
23. Something that follows something else.
25. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
27. Italian poet considered the national poet of modern Italy (1835-1907).
29. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
30. Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain.
32. An analgesic for mild pain.
34. Physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925).
36. (used especially of vegetation) Having lost all moisture.
38. Viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.
42. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
45. The second largest continent.
46. The father of your father or mother.
50. The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal.
52. Big-eyed scad.
53. A small replica of a person.
56. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
57. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
58. A resident of Ohio.
60. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
61. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
63. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
66. Serving as an essential component.
67. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
70. A master's degree in fine arts.
71. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
72. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
74. How long something has existed.
76. Related to or located at the back.
81. Jordan's port.
83. Squash bugs.
86. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
90. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
93. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
95. South African term for `boss'.
96. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
98. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
100. A transuranic element.
101. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
102. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
103. A small cake leavened with yeast.
104. Towards the side away from the wind.

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1. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
2. A state in the western United States.
3. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
4. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
5. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
6. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
7. Refresh one's memory.
8. Toward the mouth or oral region.
9. The income arising from land or other property.
10. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
11. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
13. Marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.
14. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
15. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
22. In some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae.
24. An angry dispute.
26. The basic unit of money in Albania.
28. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
31. Being one more than one hundred.
33. (physiology) Without volition or conscious control.
35. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
37. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
39. Cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit.
40. Of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth.
41. A submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
47. A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten.
48. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
49. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
51. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
54. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
55. A toilet in England.
59. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
62. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
64. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
65. 1 species.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. Large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit.
70. Toward the mouth or oral region.
73. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
77. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
78. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
79. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
82. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
84. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
85. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
87. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
88. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
89. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
91. Seed of a pea plant.
92. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
94. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
97. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
99. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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