Crossword Puzzle Number 5952 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A large number or amount.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
16. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
17. Of or related to or derived from oats.
18. A socially awkward or tactless act.
19. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
20. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
21. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
22. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
23. The sound made by corvine birds.
24. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
26. Exaggeratedly proper.
29. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
31. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. An associate degree in nursing.
33. (Roman Catholic) A diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
38. Being nine more than ninety.
40. (ballet) Quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.
44. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
47. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
49. Battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761.
50. A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem.
51. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
53. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
55. As the agent of or on someone's part.
58. The square of a body of any size of type.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. Jordan's port.
62. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
64. Type genus of the Ranidae.
67. Gull family.
69. A bachelor's degree in theology.
72. A state of extreme poverty.
75. A bachelor's degree in religion.
78. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
82. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
83. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
86. Put someone through a debriefing and make him report.
88. The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Thessaly and Boeotia and Aeolis.
90. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
91. 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.
92. Speaking a Slavic language.
94. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
95. (British) Your grandmother.
96. Having been read.
97. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
98. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
99. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

DOWN

1. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
2. An ancient port city in southwestern Spain.
3. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
4. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
7. Large bottle with a short narrow neck.
8. An unforeseen obstacle.
9. Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
10. By bad luck.
11. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
12. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
13. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
14. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
15. An ancient city on the Nile in Egypt.
25. Any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum.
27. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.
30. Half the width of an em.
34. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
35. A rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI).
36. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
37. Extremely robust.
39. Photographic equipment consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other.
41. A Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo.
42. Pass in a specific way.
43. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
45. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
46. Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves.
48. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
52. Being nine more than forty.
56. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
57. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
60. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
62. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
63. A public promotion of some product or service.
65. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
66. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
68. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
70. A slender double-reed instrument.
71. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
73. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
74. An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile.
76. Little known Kamarupan languages.
77. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
79. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
80. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
81. A particular environment or walk of life.
84. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
85. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
87. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
89. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
93. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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