Crossword Puzzle Number 6888 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An advanced law degree.
4. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
13. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
16. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
17. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
18. Dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head).
19. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
20. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
22. A short synopsis.
23. A tenant who holds a lease.
25. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
27. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
28. Of illegal marriage to a second person while legally married to a first.
29. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
31. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. A primeval personification of air and breath.
34. Of or relating to the heart.
37. Jewelry to ornament the ear.
41. Something or someone that causes anxiety.
43. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. Award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999).
50. Fed beyond capacity or desire.
53. In an exposed manner.
56. Slightly open.
57. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
58. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
60. Indigo bush.
61. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
62. The capital of Kyrgystan (known as Frunze 1926-1991).
64. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
65. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
66. A globular water bottle used in Asia.
67. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
71. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
73. A town in north central Oklahoma.
74. Traveling on horseback.
76. (heraldry) Applied to a fish depicted horizontally.
77. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
78. The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down.
80. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
82. Before noon.
85. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
89. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
92. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
94. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
95. Step on it.
96. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying the primeval sea.
98. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
99. A kind of person.
100. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
101. An anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids.
102. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
103. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.

DOWN

1. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
2. Being seven more than fifty.
3. A Brazilian river.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
6. Deeply moved.
7. American novelist (1909-1955).
8. A bottle with a stopper.
9. Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened.
10. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
11. Large Indian antelope.
12. Mountain goats.
13. Malicious burning to destroy property.
14. The function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another.
15. In the Roman calendar.
21. A base or platform on which hay or corn is stacked.
24. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog.
26. Type genus of the Amiidae.
30. Related to or located at the back.
32. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
35. The process of exposing to air (so as to purify).
36. (Judaism) An eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem.
38. Elect again.
39. Of or relating to whales and dolphins etc.
40. A port where merchandise can be imported and re-exported without paying import duties.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
44. Small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters.
47. Kidney disease characterized by enlarged kidneys containing many cysts.
49. A race between candidates for elective office.
51. One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens.
52. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
54. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
55. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
68. (Greek mythology) Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
69. Large toothed frog of South and Central America resembling the bullfrog.
70. State in northeastern India.
72. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
75. Everything you own.
79. A person afflicted with leprosy.
81. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
82. A genus of Mustelidae.
83. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
84. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
86. Characteristic of false pride.
87. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
88. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
90. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
91. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
93. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
97. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

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