Crossword Puzzle Number 6807 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. A set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents.
8. A Loloish language.
12. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
18. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
19. Any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate.
20. Heat again.
22. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
23. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
24. Toward land.
25. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
30. Something that happens at a given place and time.
37. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion.
38. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
42. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
43. A native or inhabitant of Crete.
46. The state of being under the control of another person.
49. An Eskimo hut.
50. Garlic mayonnaise.
51. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
52. Disparaging terms for the common people.
55. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
57. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
58. Of or relating to the clitoris.
59. Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears.
61. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
62. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
64. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
65. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
66. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
69. Informal terms for a mother.
70. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
74. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
77. Wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries.
81. An annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance.
83. Having fangs.
86. Widely known and esteemed.
87. A member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste.
89. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
91. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
92. In a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon.
93. Red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds.
95. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
96. A Russian river.
97. Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people.
98. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

1. A loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite.
2. Humble request for help.
3. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
4. A native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century).
5. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
6. A state in New England.
7. Set down according to a plan.
8. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
9. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
10. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. The striking of one body against another.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856).
15. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
21. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
26. Serving as or forming a base.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.
31. Genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods.
32. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam).
33. A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril).
34. The segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British).
35. A genus of Nymphalidae.
36. A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color.
39. Remove a bar from (a door, for example).
40. Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949).
41. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir and avenger of Balder.
44. Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.
45. A bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass.
47. An expression of greeting.
48. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
53. Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others.
54. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
56. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. Most important element.
63. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
64. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
67. A state in northwestern North America.
68. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. A unit of power equal to 746 watts.
72. Guinea fowl.
73. A descendent or heir.
75. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
76. Turn up, loosen, or remove earth.
77. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
78. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
79. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
80. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
82. Same in identity.
84. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
85. 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).
88. An associate degree in applied science.
90. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
94. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.

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