Crossword Puzzle Number 7025 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A police officer who investigates crimes.
4. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
9. Similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region.
13. Inquire about.
16. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
17. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
18. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
19. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
20. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
21. Having a dusky brownish gray color.
22. English essayist (1775-1834).
23. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
24. An oral antidiabetic drug (trade names DiaBeta and Micronase) that stimulates the release of insulin from the pancreas.
26. Covered or protected with or as if with a case.
29. The cry made by sheep.
31. The sign language used in the United States.
33. A river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River.
38. (ecology) The process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat.
42. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
43. A shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits.
46. Cause to be embarrassed.
47. Relating to or being a palace.
50. The foot of a human being.
51. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
52. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
53. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
55. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
56. God of the underworld.
57. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
58. The unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy.
60. In a state of sleep.
62. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. Type genus of the Ranidae.
65. Poor enough to need help from others.
68. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand).
69. A public promotion of some product or service.
72. On or toward the lee.
77. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
80. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
84. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
85. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
88. A battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV of France defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne.
90. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
91. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
92. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
93. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
94. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
95. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
96. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
97. An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
98. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
2. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. Any of various rich and elaborate cakes.
5. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
6. Largest known toad species.
7. A small drink of liquor.
8. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
9. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
10. Not in action or at work.
11. A family of fish in the order Zeomorphi.
12. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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.
25. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
27. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
30. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
32. A fraudulent business scheme.
34. Successfully completed or brought to an end.
35. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
36. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
37. One thousandth of a second.
39. (legend) Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.
40. The provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity).
41. Edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe.
44. Spaced apart.
45. A bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
48. A fabric woven with lisle thread.
49. American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
54. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
59. A large fleet.
61. Having a specified kind of border or edge.
63. Making great mental demands.
66. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
67. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
70. A period count of the population.
71. A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery.
72. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
73. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
74. Leafless East Indian vine.
75. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
76. (trademark) An alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion.
78. Tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
79. Characteristic of false pride.
81. Set down according to a plan.
82. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
83. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
86. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
87. A group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria.
89. A branch of the Tai languages.

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