Crossword Puzzle Number 6996 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Uttering in an irritated tone.
5. In or of the present month.
9. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
13. The younger of two major political parties in the United States.
16. The twelfth month of the civil year.
17. The basic unit of money in Lesotho.
18. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. Used of a single unit or thing.
20. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
21. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
23. A sudden unexpected piece of good fortune.
25. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. Of time long past.
28. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
30. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
32. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
40. Small in range or scope.
44. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
45. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. Someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications.
49. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
51. Some point in the air.
53. The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant.
54. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
55. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
56. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
58. A sheath worn to protect a finger.
59. Ulcerated chilblain on the heel.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
63. A person who makes use of a thing.
64. Very dark black.
65. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
66. 1 species.
67. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
68. A Russian river.
70. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
77. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
81. The basic unit of money in Sweden.
85. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
89. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
90. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
91. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
93. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
94. How long something has existed.
95. A genus of Ploceidae.
96. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
97. Tag the base runner to get him out.

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1. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
2. A city in northwestern Syria.
3. Of surpassing excellence.
4. An innocuous or inert medication.
5. Being nine more than forty.
6. A town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula.
7. A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightening.
8. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
9. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
10. An informal term for a father.
11. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
12. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
13. Daughter of Nehru who served as Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 (1917-1984).
14. Belonging to some prior time.
15. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
22. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
24. Pain in the gums.
26. English comic actor (1925-1980).
29. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs.
34. Wood duck and mandarin duck.
35. Applying to all or most members of a category or group.
36. (biochemistry) Purine base found in DNA and RNA.
37. Of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country.
38. A female giant.
41. Large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork.
42. An immunosuppressive drug (trade name Imuran) used to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ.
43. Regularly spaced in time.
47. The clay from which adobe bricks are made.
50. Of or relating to the songbirds n.
52. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
57. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
61. The time taken to traverse a measured course.
62. English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943).
69. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
71. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
72. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
73. Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence).
74. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
75. (law) The seat for judges in a courtroom.
76. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
78. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
79. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
80. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
81. A state in midwestern United States.
82. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
83. A quantity of no importance.
84. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
86. Alsatian artist and poet who was cofounder of Dadaism in Zurich.
87. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
88. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
89. A master's degree in business.
92. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.

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