Crossword Puzzle Number 6587 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.
8. In bed.
12. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).
16. The habitation of wild animals.
17. The basic unit of money on Malta.
18. Relating to the Urdu language.
19. A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.
20. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
21. The act of scanning.
22. European freshwater fish resembling the roach.
23. A small island.
24. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
26. Small creeping evergreen shrubs.
29. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
32. A neutral middle vowel.
35. A French Calvinist of the 16th or 17th centuries.
38. 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.
42. A boy or man.
43. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
45. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
47. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
50. Any shape that is triangular in cross section.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and music.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
57. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
59. Common black European thrush.
62. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
63. A difficult problem.
65. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
66. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
67. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
68. Devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence.
72. 1 species.
73. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
75. Small European grebe.
76. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
77. A light touch or stroke.
79. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
80. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
87. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
91. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
92. God of wealth and love.
95. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
97. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
98. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
99. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
100. The complete duration of something.
101. Greenwich Mean Time updated with leap seconds.
102. (British) A linear measure of 16.5 feet.
103. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
104. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
105. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

DOWN

1. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
5. Chick-pea plant.
6. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
7. A Loloish language.
8. 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.
9. Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569).
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
11. Failing to detonate.
12. Uttered with a trill.
13. Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran and who invaded Kuwait (born in 1937).
14. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
15. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.
25. Have legs that curve outward at the knees.
27. A desert in central Asia.
28. Largest known toad species.
30. Unknown god.
31. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
33. Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root.
34. Using speech rather than writing.
36. Any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings.
37. A drug (trade name Tolinase) used in treating stable adult-onset diabetes mellitus.
39. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
41. A man who is the lover of a girl or young woman.
46. Made of fir or pine.
48. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
49. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
51. An informal term for a father.
53. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
55. A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers.
58. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
60. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
61. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
64. Bar temporarily.
69. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
70. 36th President of the United States.
71. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
74. (of eggs) No longer edible.
78. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
79. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
81. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
82. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
83. A small cake leavened with yeast.
84. Money in the form of bills or coins.
85. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
86. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
88. United States feminist (1885-1977).
89. The emotion of hate.
90. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
93. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
94. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
96. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
97. Having leadership guidance.

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