Crossword Puzzle Number 8006 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
8. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
12. Of a period of maximal use or demand or activity.
16. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
17. Very light colored.
18. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
19. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
21. Tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head.
23. (Greek mythology) Any of three winged sister monsters having live snakes for hair.
24. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
27. Well known or easily recognized.
29. Tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine.
30. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
32. Taken before a meal as an appetizer.
34. A Russian river.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
42. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
46. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
48. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. Of or relating to living organisms.
52. (Mexican) Corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed.
56. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
57. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
59. Punish with an arbitrary penalty.
61. Wearing or provided with clothing.
63. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
64. (anatomy) A layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure.
65. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
66. Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing.
67. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
69. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
71. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
74. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
78. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
80. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
82. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
87. The sign language used in the United States.
88. A theatrical performer.
92. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
93. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
94. A state in New England.
95. Type genus of the Anatidae.
96. A spacecraft that carries astronauts from the command module to the surface of the moon and back.
97. An operating system that is on a disk.
98. (architecture) Forming or resembling an arch.
99. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
100. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
101. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).

DOWN

1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. An accountant certified by the state.
5. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. A large quantity of written matter.
8. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
9. A state in midwestern United States.
10. An associate degree in nursing.
11. The capital of Croatia.
12. In a perky manner.
13. A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
14. Garlic mayonnaise.
15. Fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus.
22. East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok.
25. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
26. A hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element.
28. Situated at an apex.
31. A decree that prohibits something.
33. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-152).
37. A fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain.
38. An industrial city in the eastern Netherlands.
40. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
41. Being one more than one hundred.
43. Of or relating to the Iberian peninsula or its inhabitants.
44. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
45. God of wisdom or prophesy.
47. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
49. A light springing movement upwards or forwards.
53. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
54. A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury.
55. The side or slope of a mountain.
58. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
60. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
62. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
68. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
70. A public promotion of some product or service.
72. A path set aside for walking.
73. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
75. Of or relating to a seizure or convulsion.
76. Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen.
77. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
78. Being nine more than forty.
79. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
81. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
83. In addition.
84. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
85. In bed.
86. Avatar of Vishnu.
89. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
90. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
91. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

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