Crossword Puzzle Number 5997 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. Type genus of the Apidae.
8. A French abbot.
12. The complete duration of something.
16. A bloody and prolonged operation in which American marines landed and defeated Japanese defenders (February and March 1945).
17. The basic unit of money on Malta.
18. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
20. A breast-shaped mass of padding worn in a brassiere.
22. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
24. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.
25. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
26. Island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba.
29. Someone who controls resources and expenditures.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the Black Hills of western South Dakota.
36. The residue that remains when something is burned.
39. A state in midwestern United States.
40. A resource.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. An informal term for a father.
46. A small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere.
48. A herbaceous plant genus of the family Linaceae with small sessile leaves.
50. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
52. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
53. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
55. All the plant life in a particular region.
56. A three-tone Chadic language.
58. A woman sahib.
59. A man who courts a woman.
60. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
62. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
63. The locus of feelings and intuitions.
64. Of or containing nitrogen.
66. Two items of the same kind.
68. Being two more than fifty.
69. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
71. Administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava.
73. A cycle that has two wheels.
77. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
79. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
82. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
84. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
88. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
92. Sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce.
93. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
94. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
96. The goddess of the moon.
97. An affirmative.
98. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
99. Give over.
100. In bed.

DOWN

1. (British slang) An unpleasant smell.
2. (informal) A bunch.
3. An active volcano in southwestern Mexico.
4. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
5. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
6. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
7. The 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
8. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
9. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
10. South African term for `boss'.
11. Late time of life.
12. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. A city in south central Mexico (southeast of Mexico City) on the edge of central Mexican plateau.
14. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
15. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
21. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
23. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. The cry made by sheep.
30. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
31. Top part of an apron.
33. King of the Vandals who seized Roman lands and invaded North Africa and sacked Rome (428-477).
34. A light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric (usually with a printed design).
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
38. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall.
41. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
42. Squash bugs.
44. A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat.
47. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
49. (India) The driver and keeper of an elephant.
51. The largest city of Cameroon.
54. A bowling pin of the type used in ninepins (or (in England) skittles).
57. An organism especially a bacterium that requires air or free oxygen for life.
61. Being three more than fifty.
65. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
67. A proinflammatory cytokine that is produced by white blood cells (monocytes and macrophages).
70. Make a plat of.
72. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
74. Battle in World War I (1917).
75. A sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together.
76. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
78. Extremely pleasing.
80. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
81. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
83. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
85. Material used to daub walls.
86. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
87. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
89. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
90. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
91. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
95. A doctor's degree in optometry.

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