Crossword Puzzle Number 6338 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
4. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
9. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow.
13. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. A kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term).
18. The emotion of hate.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope.
22. A Formosan language.
24. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
25. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
26. A plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
33. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
36. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
38. A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
46. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
50. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
51. A bachelor's degree in science.
52. A common mineral occurring in small crystals.
55. One of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry.
57. Transient cessation of respiration.
60. A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice.
62. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight.
63. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
64. The environmental condition.
65. A small piece of cloth.
66. Sour or bitter in taste.
68. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
69. 16 ounces.
72. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
74. The second month of the Hindu calendar.
77. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
78. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
80. A state in New England.
81. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
83. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
87. Elder brother of Krishna.
91. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
95. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
96. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
97. A short pithy instructive saying.
99. A fraudulent business scheme.
100. An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint.
101. Small family of usually tropical butterflies.
102. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
2. In bed.
3. Dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes.
4. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
5. Informal terms for a meal.
6. Any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. United States jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971).
9. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
10. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
11. A city in central New York.
12. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
13. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
21. Disposed or willing to comply.
23. Disposed of as useless.
27. 1 species.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
32. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
34. Aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries.
35. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
37. A meeting of spiritualists.
39. Not angry.
40. Reproduce someone's behavior or looks.
41. A slang term for a jail.
43. The eighth month of the Hindu calendar.
44. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
53. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
54. A member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas.
56. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
58. French physicist noted for research on magnetism (born in 1904).
59. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
61. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
67. English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823).
68. A nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick.
70. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. Indian nun and missionary (born in Albania) dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997).
72. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
73. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
75. (followed by `with') Deeply filled or permeated.
76. Strike sharply.
79. The friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC).
82. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
83. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
84. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
85. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
86. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
88. A caustic substance (Ca(OH)2) produced by heating limestone.
89. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
90. The highest level or degree attainable.
92. A slight amount or degree of difference.
93. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
94. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
98. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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