Crossword Puzzle Number 5865 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc.
9. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
18. The sixth month of the civil year.
19. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
20. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
21. Having the back and shoulders rounded.
23. Distance measured in miles.
25. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
27. Gradually narrowed toward a point.
29. Having help.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. A texture like that of wood.
33. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
35. Implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion.
37. A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming.
39. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
42. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles.
44. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
47. The month following March and preceding May.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. Someone paddling a canoe.
51. Based on sound reasoning or evidence.
53. An endorsement.
54. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
55. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
56. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
59. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.
62. Similar or related in quality or character.
64. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice.
67. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
68. Of or relating to pyemia.
69. Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress.
70. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
74. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
76. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.
79. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
82. Something proposed (such as a plan or assumption).
86. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
88. The products of human creativity.
90. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
92. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
93. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
94. Having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy.
95. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
96. A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized.
97. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
98. Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward.
99. Having been read.
100. The cry made by sheep.

DOWN

1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
5. Common house rats.
6. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
7. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
8. Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins).
9. A Brazilian river.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
12. (Welsh) Goddess famous for her beauty.
13. One-hundredth of a right angle.
14. Spiritual being attendant upon God.
15. English monk and scholar (672-735).
22. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
24. An atom or molecule or radical or ion that forms a complex around a central atom.
26. 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.
28. A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
34. A river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean.
36. The act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information.
38. (biology) Relating to cells.
40. Having a pattern of dots.
41. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
43. A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene.
45. Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged.
46. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
57. Any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers.
58. In bed.
60. Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat.
61. Pluck with tweezers.
63. An extreme state of adversity.
65. A period of 2 months.
71. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
73. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
75. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
77. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
78. City in northwestern Jordan.
80. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
81. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
83. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
84. Relating to only part of a whole.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. Material used to daub walls.
88. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
89. A young woman making her debut into society.
90. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
91. Having leadership guidance.

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