Crossword Puzzle Number 5853 (Large Grid)

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1. The federal department that administers federal program dealing with better housing and urban renewal.
4. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
8. Similar to the color of jade.
12. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
19. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
20. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
21. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
22. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
23. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
24. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
26. Inhabitant of the island of Cebu.
29. The month following September and preceding November.
31. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
33. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
41. Jordan's port.
42. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
45. Of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes.
46. A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
47. (anatomy) Resembling a capsule.
50. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer.
51. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
53. Of or relating to or resembling a bull n.
55. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
56. 1/10 gram.
58. Elephant seals.
59. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
60. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
62. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
63. Any small compartment.
65. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
66. Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood.
72. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
73. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
74. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
76. Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers.
78. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
82. Keep under control.
86. Of or pertaining to or written in Altaic.
87. The act of faking (or the product of faking).
89. A master's degree in business.
90. Neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front.
91. Wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg.
93. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
95. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
96. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
97. A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill.
98. An event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
3. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
4. Stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Elegant and stylish.
7. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
8. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
11. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
12. (often followed by `with' or used in combination) Troubled by or encroached upon in large numbers.
13. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
14. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
15. The basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea.
25. An behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. An informal term for a father.
30. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
32. A bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena.
34. An imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles.
35. Become dark or darker.
36. (informal) Very tired.
37. Type genus of the family Haliotidae.
38. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
39. Covered with paving material.
40. Building material used as siding or roofing.
43. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
44. The metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used.
48. A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected.
49. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
52. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
54. Common black-and-gray Eurasian bird noted for thievery.
57. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
61. The Muskhogean language of the Choctaw people.
64. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
67. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
68. Yielding a fair profit.
69. A reason for wanting something done.
70. A cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy.
71. Disposed to venture or take risks.
72. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
75. Type genus of the Meliaceae.
77. A water wheel with buckets attached to the rim.
79. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
80. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
81. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
83. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
84. Informal terms for money.
85. The basic unit of money in Myanmar.
88. The sign language used in the United States.
92. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
94. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
95. An organization of independent states to promote international peace and security.

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