Crossword Puzzle Number 649 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
5. City in central Iran.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
18. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
19. Characteristic of false pride.
20. Dignified manner or conduct.
21. The harvesting of hay.
22. Being one more than ten.
23. A genus of Ploceidae.
25. An abdominal tumor.
26. Type genus of the Ranidae.
27. Middle-distance iron.
28. Half the width of an em.
29. A master's degree in fine arts.
31. The sixth month of the civil year.
35. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
39. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. Of or relating to the velum.
46. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
47. A person forced to flee from home or country.
49. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
51. Pass by, as of time.
55. The capital and largest city of Jordan.
56. A location other than here.
57. South American herb with sticky glandular foliage.
58. On the move.
60. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
61. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
64. Subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration.
66. A tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
70. Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture.
71. A French abbot.
74. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
77. A cloth having a crisscross design.
79. A string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
80. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
84. National capital of Solomon Islands.
87. Scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere.
89. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
90. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
91. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
93. A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot.
94. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
95. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
96. A genus of Platalea.
97. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
98. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).

DOWN

1. A lump on the body caused by a blow.
2. An elaborate song for solo voice.
3. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down.
4. Durable fragrant wood.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
6. The time between occurrences of a repeating event.
7. A person to whom money is paid.
8. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
9. One who denies.
10. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
11. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
12. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
13. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe.
14. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
15. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
16. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
32. Having spots or patches of color.
33. A dealer in seeds.
34. Type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae.
36. Outer membrane covering an axon.
37. Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream.
38. Lying in or toward the east.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
42. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
45. One of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping.
48. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
50. Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants.
52. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
53. Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.
54. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
59. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
62. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
63. An associate degree in nursing.
65. Treated with iodine.
66. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe.
67. 16 ounces.
68. A member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California.
69. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
72. Being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or gray eyes.
73. English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820).
75. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.
76. Not invited or requested.
78. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
81. A genus of Mustelidae.
82. Highly excited.
83. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
85. British dominion over India (1757-1947).
86. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
88. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
92. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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