Crossword Puzzle Number 8005 (Large Grid)

  10 11 12  13 14 15 
16    17      18     19   
20    21      22     23   
24   25     26 27     28    
   29    30  31    32     
33 34 35    36  37    38   39 40 41 
42     43      44   45    
46      47       48     
49     50     51    52    
53    54   55      56  57   
58   59    60      61 62    
63   64   65    66   67   68  
  69   70  71 72 73   74   75   
76 77    78       79      
80    81  82     83   84  85 86 
87      88    89   90     
91    92 93     94  95   96   
97    98      99     100   

ACROSS

1. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
4. A fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
13. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
16. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
17. Any plant of the genus Erica.
18. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
19. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. A genus of Falconidae.
22. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
23. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
24. A poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy.
26. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia.
33. Social status or position conferred by a system based on class.
38. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
42. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
43. Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds.
45. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
46. The Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life.
47. The act of scanning.
48. A board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases.
49. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
52. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
53. A master's degree in business.
55. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere v 1.
57. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
58. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
60. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
61. A blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl.
62. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
63. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
64. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
66. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
67. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
68. An expression of greeting.
70. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
76. A thin coat of water-base paint.
78. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
79. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
80. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
82. A bluish shade of green.
84. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
87. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
88. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
91. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
92. A Hindu disciple of a swami.
94. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
96. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
97. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
98. Very large white gannet with black wing tips.
99. A small cake leavened with yeast.
100. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
101. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.

DOWN

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. The face of a timepiece.
4. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
5. Toward the mouth or oral region.
6. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
7. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
8. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
9. Web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas.
10. A domain in which something is dominant.
11. Lightweight parka.
12. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
13. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
25. Up to the immediate present.
27. Open rebellion and refusal to obey authorities (especially by seamen or soldiers).
28. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
30. Witty language used to convey insults or scorn.
32. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
34. An athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination.
35. A city in central southwestern Iran.
36. Uttering in an irritated tone.
37. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
39. United States feminist (1860-1935).
40. 1 species.
41. Assail again.
44. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
50. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).
51. A motley assortment of things.
54. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
56. To fix or set securely or deeply.
59. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
62. A Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
65. German biologist and philosopher.
66. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
69. Able to be put to use.
71. A bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record.
72. A port city in southwestern Iran.
73. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
74. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
75. Improved or corrected by critical editing.
77. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
78. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
81. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
83. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
85. Not final or absolute.
86. The highest level or degree attainable.
89. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
90. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
93. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
95. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

Feel free to print out this crossword puzzle for your personal use. You may also link to it. However, this web page and puzzle are copyrighted and may not be distributed without prior written consent.

Navigation
Home Page
Printer Friendly
View Solution
Previous Puzzle
Next Crossword
© Clockwatchers, Inc. 2003