Crossword Puzzle Number 5923 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
4. Tent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling.
9. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
13. A young woman making her debut into society.
16. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
17. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
18. In bed.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
23. (comparative of `near') Being the one of two that is less distant in space.
25. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
27. A raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out.
29. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
30. A major god.
32. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
34. An Anatolian language.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. Consider as ideal.
46. Type genus of the Amiidae.
48. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
49. A native of ancient Troy.
50. In accord with naturism.
52. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
54. Supply with battlements.
56. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
57. A strong emotion.
58. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
60. Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits.
63. Type genus of the family Cinclidae.
65. Weak-stemmed plant that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
66. An endorsement.
67. The unit of frequency.
68. More aromatic and acidic than oranges.
70. Offering fun and gaiety.
71. Resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous.
74. Peptic hormone produced by the mucous lining of the small intestine.
76. A resource.
77. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
79. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
80. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
83. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
86. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
90. Relating to people with good incomes.
92. Speak in a nasal voice.
94. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
95. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
96. Brought from wildness into a domesticated state.
98. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
99. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
100. The universal time coordinated when an event is received on Earth.
101. Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
102. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
103. Type genus of the Muridae.

DOWN

1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
3. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
4. An island in the south Pacific.
5. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
6. A painful or straitened circumstance.
7. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
10. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
11. Make longer.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
14. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
15. A lyric poet.
22. Before noon.
24. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
26. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
28. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
31. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
33. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
35. Speak or write in aphorisms.
36. Darkened with overcast.
37. Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998).
38. Bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins.
39. British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the Empress of India (1804-1881).
40. A long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge.
43. Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears.
44. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
45. Chief port of Yemen.
47. South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes.
51. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
53. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
55. United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965).
59. The act of sucking.
61. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
62. Having the power to influence or convince.
64. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
69. A building having a circular plan and a dome.
72. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
73. Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.
74. Informal terms for a mother.
75. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
78. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
81. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
82. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
84. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
87. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
88. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
89. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
91. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
93. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
97. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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