Crossword Puzzle Number 6768 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
4. The third canonical hour.
9. In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
13. Inquire about.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. Flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point.
18. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.
22. (Old Testament) A youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC).
24. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
25. Plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy.
27. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
29. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
30. Any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors.
32. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
33. Informal terms for a mother.
35. Not elegant or graceful in expression.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. An informal term for a father.
46. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
47. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
50. Of or related to a musical scale.
52. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
53. Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions.
55. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
57. An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).
58. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
60. A naturally occurring weak estrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
63. Situated away from an area's coast or border.
65. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
66. A state of abnormal softening of tissue.
68. In or of the present month.
69. Being nine more than ninety.
70. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
75. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
78. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
83. Make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving.
86. Aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium.
87. A patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated.
89. Being six more than fifty.
90. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
91. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
93. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
94. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
95. An informal term for a father.
96. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
97. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
98. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.

DOWN

1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell.
3. A married male American Indian.
4. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
5. Go on board.
6. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
7. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
8. Late time of life.
9. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
10. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
11. An advantageous purchase.
12. The fatty flesh of eel.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. God of love and erotic desire.
21. Plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers.
23. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
28. A vigorous blow.
31. Being one more than one.
34. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
36. A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.
37. A psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur.
38. A former UK silver coin.
40. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
42. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
44. The mother of Jesus.
45. A fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval).
48. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
49. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
51. A city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England.
54. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
56. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
59. An associate degree in nursing.
61. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
64. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
67. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
68. Only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand.
71. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
72. A lizard of the family Agamidae.
73. Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid.
74. Someone who guards prisoners.
75. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
76. A master's degree in literature.
77. Having a dusky brownish gray color.
79. An informal term for a father.
80. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
81. A city in northwestern Syria.
82. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
84. Kitchen appliance used for baking or roasting.
85. 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.
88. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
92. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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