Crossword Puzzle Number 5740 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
9. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
13. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. Advanced in years.
17. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
18. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. The father of your father or mother.
21. A shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A person employed to watch for something to happen.
28. Being ten more than eighty.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
32. Having or localized centrally at a focus.
37. Ceremonial elegance and splendor.
41. Morally bad or wrong.
46. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
47. God of wealth and love.
49. A small dynamo with a secondary winding that produces a high voltage enabling a spark to jump between the poles of a spark plug in a gasoline engine.
51. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
54. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
56. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
57. Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores.
60. English essayist (1775-1834).
61. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
62. Relating to or characteristic of Arabs.
63. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
64. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
65. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
66. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
69. Long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call.
72. A branch of the Tai languages.
74. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
76. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
77. Standard time in the 7th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 105th meridian west.
80. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
85. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
88. A port in southwestern Scotland.
90. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
92. A person who makes use of a thing.
93. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
94. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off).
95. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
96. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
97. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
98. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
99. In bed.
100. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.

DOWN

1. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
2. A city in northern India.
3. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
4. Of or pertaining to adnexa.
5. By bad luck.
6. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
7. Before noon.
8. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
9. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
10. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
11. A conversation between two persons.
12. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
13. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
14. A French abbot.
15. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
27. Impinge or infringe upon.
29. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
33. Be central or dominant.
34. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
35. Delicacy highly prized in Japan but highly dangerous.
36. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena.
39. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal.
40. Assured by (usually) spoken agreement.
42. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
44. (computer science) A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in.
45. 1/10 gram.
48. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
50. A lack of vitality.
52. Lacking a bib.
53. (psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
55. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
67. Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms.
68. A Hindu prince or king in India.
70. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
71. A large edible clam found burrowing deeply in sandy mud along the Pacific coast of North America.
72. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
73. A mountainous region in central Italy.
75. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the moon in ancient mythology.
78. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
79. The seventh month of the civil year.
80. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
81. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
82. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
83. Type genus of the Pipidae.
84. Avatar of Vishnu.
86. Give over.
87. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
89. Of southern Europe.
91. Having leadership guidance.

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