Crossword Puzzle Number 5799 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
4. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
9. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
13. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
17. Tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers.
18. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
19. A group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana.
20. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
22. The principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people.
25. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
26. Any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column.
27. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
28. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
30. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
32. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
38. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
39. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
43. A large fleet.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. A nation in northern North America.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
52. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
53. Either extremity of something that has length.
54. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
55. Chipmunks of eastern North America.
56. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity.
58. A country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea.
60. Of or relating to near the ear.
62. A city of central China.
63. Perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere.
64. Relatively small tuna with choice white flesh.
67. About three feet long exclusive of tail.
68. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
70. The sixth month of the civil year.
72. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
77. Type genus of the Cyatheaceae.
80. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
82. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
86. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
87. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
90. A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region.
92. A tight-fitting headdress.
93. (informal) Of the highest quality.
94. Any plant of the genus Inula.
95. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
96. A master's degree in fine arts.
97. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
98. State in northeastern India.
99. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
100. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. A characteristic state or mode of living.
3. 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.
4. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
5. Attain success or reach a goal.
6. An avalanche volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano.
7. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
8. Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia.
9. Soft creamy white cheese.
10. Posing no difficulty.
11. A genus of Pleuronectidae.
12. A soft gray malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
13. Largest known toad species.
14. A modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure.
15. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
21. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
23. Considerate and solicitous care.
24. An internal representation of the world.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
33. Genus of woody Asiatic vines.
34. Any object that radiates energy.
35. Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests.
36. Order of mammals having few or no teeth including.
37. (Greek mythology) Founder of Troy.
40. Any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules.
41. God of love and erotic desire.
42. Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. The verbal act of urging on.
48. (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard.
57. The skinned tail of cattle.
59. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
61. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
65. The cry made by sheep.
66. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
69. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
71. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
73. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
74. A magician or sorcerer of ancient times.
75. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
76. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
78. Noisy talk.
79. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
81. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri.
83. The highest level or degree attainable.
84. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
85. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
88. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
89. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
91. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.

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