Crossword Puzzle Number 5778 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
4. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
8. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
12. A sudden rapid flow (as of water).
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. Be obedient to.
18. God of death.
19. A small island.
20. (statistics) Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution.
22. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
25. Isolated from others.
26. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
27. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
28. The act of grasping.
31. Of or concerning Qatar.
34. Hang loosely or laxly.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. Related by blood.
40. A secret agent hired by a state to obtain (military) information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors.
42. Not out.
43. Being seven more than fifty.
44. Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep.
47. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey).
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
50. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
55. The basic unit of money on Malta.
56. Trousers made with chino cloth.
57. Someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses.
59. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
60. A plan for attaining a particular goal.
61. An island in the south Pacific.
62. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
65. Shade within clear boundaries.
67. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
68. A social unit living together.
70. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
71. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
73. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
74. A man who is a stupid fool.
77. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
78. Testacean rhizopods.
82. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
84. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
88. The supreme commander of a fleet.
91. A doctor's degree in education.
92. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
93. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
95. A Russian river.
96. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
97. Balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine.
98. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
99. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
100. (British) Your grandmother.

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1. Wood of a sumac.
2. An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon.
3. Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
4. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Tolectin).
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. Austrian physician who tried to treat diseases with a form of hypnotism (1734-1815).
7. Infestation of the body by the larvae of flies (usually through a wound or other opening) or any disease resulting from such infestation.
8. Type genus of the Amiidae.
9. A member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria.
10. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
11. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
12. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
13. British actor and playwright (born in 1921).
14. A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs.
15. Being here now.
21. A town in southern Turkey.
23. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
30. Genus of economically important tropical plants.
32. Resembling glass in transparency or translucency.
33. English statesman and son of Pitt the Elder (1759-1806).
35. The words of an opera or musical play.
36. Of or relating to Liberia or its people.
38. A degree or grade of excellence or worth.
41. Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae.
45. An employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar.
46. Goddess of dawn.
48. Cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward.
51. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
53. The capital and largest city of Greece.
54. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
58. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
63. Of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch.
64. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
66. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
69. The act of escaping physically.
72. Any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.
75. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
76. A steep descent of the water of a river.
77. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
79. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
80. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
81. English essayist (1775-1834).
83. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
85. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
86. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
87. Chief port of Yemen.
89. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
90. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
91. Not in good physical or mental health.
94. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.

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