Crossword Puzzle Number 6999 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
5. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
9. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
13. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
17. A sharply directional antenna.
18. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
19. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
20. A person who yields or surrenders.
22. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
24. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
25. Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil).
27. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. The system of production and distribution and consumption.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
32. Someone whose talk is trivial drivel.
39. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
40. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
42. Radiation lying in the ultraviolet range.
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
46. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
47. A body of poetry that conveys the traditions of a society by treating some epic theme.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. A growth in strength or number or importance.
55. A master's degree in library science.
58. Long and light rowing boat.
59. Of the nature of or undergoing an experiment.
60. Large brightly crested bird of Africa.
62. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
64. (Akkadian) Mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic.
66. A member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas.
68. The template for protein synthesis.
69. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
71. Provide additional insurance for.
72. The sixth month of the civil year.
75. A domain in which something is dominant.
77. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
81. A region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay.
82. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
85. God of death.
86. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
90. Liquid excretory product.
93. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
95. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
96. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
97. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
98. Type genus of the Anatidae.
99. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.

DOWN

1. United States lawyer and politician who formulated a production code that prescribed the moral content of United states films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954).
2. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
3. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
4. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
5. Something very ugly and offensive.
6. Of or relating to the sea.
7. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
8. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
9. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
10. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
11. Characterized by slanting characters.
12. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners).
13. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
14. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
21. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
23. Make amends for.
26. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
28. Aroused to impatience or anger.
31. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
33. A studio especially for an artist or designer.
34. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
35. A master's degree in fine arts.
36. Goat grass.
37. A student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College.
38. Baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables.
41. A resource.
45. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
48. An electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged.
50. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
51. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. An ancient country in central Italy.
56. In some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae.
57. The act of scanning.
61. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
63. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands of the foreskin.
65. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
67. A Scottish word.
70. Capital of Armenia.
73. Indigo bush.
74. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys.
76. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
78. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
79. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
80. A person who is abnormally small.
83. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
84. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
87. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
88. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
89. An associate degree in applied science.
91. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
92. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
94. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

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