Crossword Puzzle Number 5728 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
9. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
13. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A French river.
18. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
19. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
20. Towards the side away from the wind.
21. Jordan's port.
22. A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire.
23. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
24. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
27. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
29. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
34. Look forward to the probably occurrence of.
37. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
41. Shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg.
45. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
48. Immediately following in time or order.
50. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
51. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
52. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
54. A mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived.
56. A statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means.
59. In bed.
61. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
62. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
63. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs.
65. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
67. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
70. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
71. A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea.
72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
73. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
75. Half the width of an em.
76. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
81. Squash bugs.
85. Covered with scabs.
88. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
91. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
93. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
95. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
96. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
97. Lower in esteem.
99. Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs.
100. Of inferior or mixed breed.
101. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
102. A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position.
103. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
104. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.

DOWN

1. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
2. Appeal or request earnestly.
3. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
4. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
5. A doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research.
6. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
7. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
8. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
9. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
10. English essayist (1775-1834).
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
13. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
14. A brief description given for purposes of identification.
15. A river in southeastern France.
25. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
26. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side.
28. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
30. An island of central Hawaii.
31. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
32. A state in midwestern United States.
35. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
36. In some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae.
38. The official residence of a dean.
40. Remove or make invisible.
42. A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
43. Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.
44. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
46. A thick and heavy shoe.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
53. Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers.
55. Related by blood.
57. Painted beauty and red admiral.
58. An associate degree in nursing.
60. With no effort to conceal.
64. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
66. A fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle.
68. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
69. A fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services.
74. The capital of Mali.
77. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
78. Find repugnant.
79. United States poet (1885-1928).
80. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
81. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
82. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
83. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
84. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
86. Chief port of Yemen.
87. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
89. Material used to daub walls.
90. A Spanish river.
92. A master's degree in business.
94. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
95. A tight-fitting headdress.
98. Conforming to truth.

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