Crossword Puzzle Number 5823 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
4. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
9. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
13. The foot of a human being.
16. A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment.
17. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
18. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
19. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
20. Of or belonging to an enemy.
22. Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain.
24. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
26. Pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet.
29. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
30. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
31. A just detectable amount.
35. A quantity that is added.
36. After noon.
38. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
39. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
41. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
43. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
45. An order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae.
49. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
53. A fractional monetary unit of several countries.
54. Of textiles.
56. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
57. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
58. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
59. The capital of Lombardy in northern Italy.
63. Of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times.
65. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
66. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
67. Bound or secured closely.
70. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
72. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
73. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
75. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
77. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
78. A male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina.
81. A medium to dark brownish yellow color.
84. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
88. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
89. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
90. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
91. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
92. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
96. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
97. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
98. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
100. Make anew.
101. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
102. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
103. Of or relating to or containing cerium especially with valence 4.
104. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
105. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
3. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
4. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
5. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
6. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
7. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
8. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
9. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
10. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
11. A state in northwestern North America.
12. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
13. A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
14. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
15. A car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors.
21. Any amazing or wonderful occurrence.
23. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
25. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
27. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. A term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition.
32. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
33. A refuge from attack.
34. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
37. United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911).
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. (botany) Bearing a coma.
44. A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance).
46. Of an instrument of certain death.
47. Put into a rage.
48. Any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage.
50. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
51. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
52. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
55. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
60. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
64. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
68. Flatter in an obsequious manner.
69. United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924).
70. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
71. French philosopher and critic.
72. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
74. A Mid-Atlantic state.
76. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
79. (botany) Relating to a plant of the family Araceae.
80. One skilled in caring for the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician).
82. United States baseball player (born 1925).
83. Someone who consumes food for nourishment.
85. British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956).
86. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
87. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
93. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
94. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
95. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
99. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.

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