Crossword Puzzle Number 7500 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Not divisible by two.
4. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
13. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
16. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
17. Poor enough to need help from others.
18. The twelfth month of the civil year.
19. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
20. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.
22. A way of access consisting of a set of steps.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
25. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
28. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
30. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
36. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
38. Most common species in Africa.
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. (archaic) Of persons.
45. The territory of Athens in ancient Greece.
46. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
48. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
50. Chief port of Yemen.
51. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
52. (zoology) Lacking a tail or taillike appendage.
56. X-ray picture of the kidneys and ureters after injection of a radiopaque dye.
58. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
59. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886).
63. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
65. A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
68. A wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs.
70. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
71. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
73. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
74. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
76. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
79. A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine.
87. Tending or intended to rectify or improve.
88. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
89. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
90. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
91. (Sumerian) God of the air and king of the Sumerian gods.
93. (archaic) A fitting reward.
95. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
96. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training.
97. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
98. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
99. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
100. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. Evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes.
3. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
4. A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea.
5. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
6. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. Soviet geneticist whose adherence to Lamarck's theory of evolution was favored by Stalin (1898-1976).
9. Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
10. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
11. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
12. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
13. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
14. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
15. (informal) Exceptionally good.
21. The great hall in ancient Persian palaces.
23. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
26. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws.
29. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
31. The basic unit of money in Iran.
32. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
34. The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).
35. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
37. In the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie.
39. A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else.
40. A large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago).
41. Durable fragrant wood.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
49. (anatomy) Of or relating to the ilium.
53. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
54. Not subjected to an aging process.
55. An early French settler in the Maritimes.
57. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
62. Twist or braid together, interlace.
64. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
66. A change for the better.
67. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
69. A cry expressing disapproval.
70. A public promotion of some product or service.
72. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
73. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
75. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
76. (informal) Of the highest quality.
77. Written on a typewriter.
78. A minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC).
80. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
81. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
82. English essayist (1775-1834).
83. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
84. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
85. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
86. Located on a side.
92. A radioactive transuranic element synthesized from californium.
94. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.

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