Crossword Puzzle Number 7856 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A master's degree in business.
4. Of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base.
9. An awkward stupid person.
13. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
16. The seventh and last day of the week.
17. The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.
18. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
19. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
20. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
21. A colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon.
22. North American yellow-breasted songbirds.
23. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
24. A fraudulent business scheme.
26. Receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists.
30. The essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized.
32. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
35. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
38. A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria.
41. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
42. Goddess of fate.
45. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
46. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
47. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Used of decomposing oils or fats.
53. A state in east central United States.
54. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
55. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
59. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
60. An artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language.
61. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
62. An acute febrile highly contagious viral disease.
63. An organic compound that contains a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon atom which in turn is doubly bonded to another carbon atom.
65. Aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning.
67. (a dated Briticism) A serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
69. Jordan's port.
74. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
75. A battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643).
78. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
80. (Assyrian) Chief god of the Assyrians.
84. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
87. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
90. Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance.
91. A village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin).
92. Both sexes are brightly colored.
94. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
95. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
96. A person who is paid to pray for the soul of another.
97. Bound or secured closely.

DOWN

1. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
2. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
3. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
4. Not in operation or operational.
5. Type genus of the Clupeidae.
6. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
7. Brought together into a group or crowd.
8. City in northern Austria on the Danube.
9. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
10. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
11. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.
12. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
13. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
14. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
15. (Greek mythology) The Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology.
25. (Judaism) A candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of creation.
27. Worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning.
31. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
33. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
34. (Roman Catholic) A diplomatic representative of the Pope having ambassadorial status.
36. An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae.
37. A device that controls amount of light admitted.
39. Someone who cuts and delivers ice.
40. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
43. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
44. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
48. A small natural hill.
49. Filled with something.
52. (zoology) Pertaining to alulae.
56. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
57. A metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
58. A fluorocarbon with chlorine.
64. Gull family.
65. Not in operation or operational.
66. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
68. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
69. Type genus of the Glareolidae.
70. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
71. (computer science) A unit for measuring computing power.
72. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
73. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight.
76. An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania.
77. A visual display of information.
79. An island of central Hawaii.
81. Free from risk or danger.
82. Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified.
83. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
84. A state in the eastern United States.
85. The highest level or degree attainable.
86. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
88. Tag the base runner to get him out.
89. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
90. A state in midwestern United States.
93. A state in the eastern United States.

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