Crossword Puzzle Number 7960 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
12. Dance the slam dance.
16. Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary.
17. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
18. An informal term for a father.
19. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
20. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
21. A person who spits (ejects saliva from the mouth).
23. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
24. Male red deer.
26. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
27. A radioactive transuranic element.
29. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
31. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
33. 10 grams.
38. At full speed.
44. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
45. Of or relating to the heart.
47. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
48. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
50. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesitation.
53. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
54. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
56. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
60. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
61. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
62. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
63. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
65. God of death.
68. The overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
70. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
73. Made clean.
75. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
79. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
82. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
84. A doctor's degree in music.
85. Muslims collectively and their civilization.
87. Channel into a new direction.
88. (music) A curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato.
91. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
93. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
94. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head.
95. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
96. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
97. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.

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1. Worthless material that should be removed.
2. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Any plant of the genus Erica.
7. Extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dying and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails.
8. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
9. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
10. A public promotion of some product or service.
11. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
12. Clover ferns.
13. Alloy of copper and tin and zinc.
14. The act of scanning.
15. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
22. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
25. Large family of important mostly marine food fishes.
28. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
30. A Loloish language.
32. Move unobtrusively or furtively.
34. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
35. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
36. Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected.
37. United States baseball manager (1890-1975).
39. (Hinduism) Term of respect for a Brahmin sage.
40. Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds.
41. A fraudulent business scheme.
42. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.
43. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A sharp sound made by small birds or insects v 1.
55. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
57. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
58. (psychoanalysis) An idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
59. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax.
64. State clearly.
65. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
66. Lacking motor coordination.
67. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
69. Being of delicate or slender build.
71. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
72. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
74. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
76. Any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-.
77. An important god.
78. Formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water.
80. The capital and largest city of Norway.
81. The twelfth month of the civil year.
83. Avatar of Vishnu.
86. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
89. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
90. Being one more than fifty.
92. Before noon.
93. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

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