Crossword Puzzle Number 5862 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (often followed by `for') Ardently or excessively desirous.
5. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
9. In the Roman calendar.
13. A partially opened flower.
16. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
17. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
18. (New Testament) Disciple of Jesus.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
21. The act of detecting something.
23. Related on the mother's side.
25. Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
26. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
27. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
28. Used of a single unit or thing.
29. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
33. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
38. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
41. A colorless liquid aldehyde.
45. Herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
46. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
47. Age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride).
48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
49. A major god.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Water frozen in the solid state.
54. Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished.
57. The capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port.
59. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
60. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
62. English monk and scholar (672-735).
64. Browned over by exposure to heat.
66. (prefix) Within.
67. Either extremity of something that has length.
68. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
70. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
72. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
75. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
77. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
85. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
88. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
90. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
92. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
93. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
94. Divulge information or secrets.
95. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
96. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
97. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
98. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
99. The second largest city in Tunisia.
100. An associate degree in applied science.

DOWN

1. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
2. Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa Asia and Australia.
3. Complacently or inanely foolish.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. The act of accelerating.
6. A Nilotic language.
7. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
8. Tropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high).
10. A Mid-Atlantic state.
11. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology.
12. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
13. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
14. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
15. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
22. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. A large fleet.
30. Italian physicist noted for his work on gases.
31. Indigo bush.
32. A man who is a stupid fool.
34. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
35. The residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City.
36. Liveliness and eagerness.
37. Someone who fights bulls.
39. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
40. On a beach.
42. Send out rays or waves.
43. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
52. The airforce of Great Britain.
55. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
56. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
58. Of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both.
61. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
63. Type genus of the Anatidae.
65. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. (trademark) An antacid.
73. Obvious and dull.
74. A doctor's degree in religion.
76. Any plant of the genus Erica.
77. Being nine more than ninety.
78. A Loloish language.
79. The habitation of wild animals.
80. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
81. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
82. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
83. Type genus of the Apidae.
84. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
86. The content of cognition.
87. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
89. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
91. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
92. A public promotion of some product or service.

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