Crossword Puzzle Number 6186 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
4. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. Blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi.
16. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
17. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
21. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
22. A city in northern India.
23. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
24. Large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia.
26. A decree that prohibits something.
28. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
30. Having been taken into the mouth for consumption.
31. An informal term for a father.
33. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
34. A tall upright megalith.
37. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
38. Before noon.
39. A state in east central United States.
44. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
48. The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka.
50. The flesh of a chicken used for food.
51. Tropical Asian starlings.
52. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
53. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
54. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.
55. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
57. Tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia.
59. Horny projecting mouth of a bird.
60. The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
62. A member of a legation.
63. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
64. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
65. A special loved one.
67. Memorization by repetition.
69. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
70. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
71. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
73. An associate degree in nursing.
74. A minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services.
79. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
81. (of pop groups) Not affiliated with a major recording company n.
85. A town in north central Oklahoma.
88. Of or relating to near the ear.
90. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
91. Two-year-old sheep.
93. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
95. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
96. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
97. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
98. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
99. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.

DOWN

1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Without offspring.
4. Having a capacity for adaptation.
5. (comparative of `near' or `close') Within a shorter distance.
6. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
9. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
11. Discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization, in psychoanalysis.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
14. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
15. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
25. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
32. Decree or designate beforehand.
35. Strive to equal or match, especially by imitating.
36. Chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching.
40. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
41. A stiff straw hat with a flat crown.
42. Give a promotion to.
43. (of a liquid) Treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification.
45. 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).
46. Pacific newts.
47. Unlicensed drinking establishment.
49. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
56. A pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
58. A person forced to flee from home or country.
61. Of or containing iridium.
64. A young eagle.
66. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
68. Proceed or issue forth, as from a source.
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
72. A port city in southwestern Iran.
75. To come or go into.
76. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
77. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
78. The brother of your father or mother.
80. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
82. 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.
83. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
84. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
86. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
87. The basic unit of money in Vietnam.
89. Liquid excretory product.
92. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
94. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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