Crossword Puzzle Number 7972 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
5. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
9. A genus of Mustelidae.
13. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
16. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
17. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
18. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
19. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
20. A piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.
21. An unforeseen obstacle.
22. A quantity of no importance.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Intentional deception resulting in injury to another person.
25. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
31. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
33. Beside one another in a row or rank.
36. Injured by bites or stings.
38. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
40. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
44. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
47. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
48. A doctor who practices veterinary medicine.
50. Badly injured, perhaps with amputation.
52. (zoology) Relating to frogs and toads.
55. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
57. An ACE inhibitor (trade name Vasotec) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidney and so results in vasodilation.
59. Lower in esteem.
62. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
63. A large mass of ice floating at sea.
64. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
65. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
66. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
67. An analytic or interpretive literary composition.
70. A doctor's degree in religion.
73. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period.
77. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
79. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
80. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
81. An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).
84. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.
86. Someone who eats no animal products at all.
89. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
90. Of or concerning the face.
92. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
94. The goddess of the moon.
95. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
96. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,960 feet high).
98. Chief port of Yemen.
99. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
100. A landlocked republic in eastern Europe.
101. The fourth of the seven canonical hours.

DOWN

1. (British slang) Cafe.
2. The sixth month of the civil year.
3. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
4. A town in southeast Iowa.
5. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
6. Low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. Goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered.
9. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
10. The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami.
11. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
12. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
13. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat.
26. Any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis.
28. Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. A genus of Paridae.
34. Enact or perform again.
35. Of an angle.
37. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
39. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
41. Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb.
42. Containing no liquid or actuated without the use of liquid.
43. The abode of humans in Norse mythology.
46. Water buffalo of the Philippines.
49. Not upright in position or posture.
51. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire.
54. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
58. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
60. Common Indian weaverbird.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
68. A particular branch of scientific knowledge.
69. A Christian Bishop who translated the Bible from Greek into Gothic (311-382).
70. Country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula.
71. Foul with waste matter.
72. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
74. Slender long-tailed monkey of Asia.
75. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
76. Lay bare.
77. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
78. (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
79. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
82. An addition that extends a main building.
83. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
85. Hoop that covers a wheel.
87. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
88. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
91. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
92. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
93. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
97. A Mid-Atlantic state.

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