Crossword Puzzle Number 87 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. God of the underworld.
4. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
8. Cornmeal boiled in water.
12. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
16. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
17. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
18. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
19. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
20. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
22. Someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.
24. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. Coins collectively.
29. A genus of Ploceidae.
31. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Not only so, but.
36. A city in southwestern Poland on the Oder.
38. United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).
40. One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones.
45. A drug (trade names Calan and Isoptin) used as an oral or parenteral calcium blocker in cases of hypertension or congestive heart failure or angina or migraine.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. 1/1000 gram.
50. (in writing) See below.
53. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
54. A matador or one of the supporting team during a bull fight.
56. A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
57. A telegram sent abroad.
58. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
60. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
62. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
63. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.
65. Not bearing offspring.
67. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
68. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
70. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
72. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
73. A priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome.
77. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
79. A genus of Mustelidae.
80. (Welsh) Corresponds to Iris Ler.
83. A large number or amount.
87. The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus.
88. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
91. A slender double-reed instrument.
92. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
93. A soft tufted cord used in embroidery.
95. A Loloish language.
96. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
97. Large-holed Swiss cheese.
98. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.

DOWN

1. A couple who both have careers and no children.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Disposed of as useless.
4. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
5. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
6. A woman sahib.
7. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
8. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
9. Being without physical aid.
10. A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
11. A boat with a flat bottom for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals).
12. A short synopsis.
13. (Old Testament) The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac.
14. Act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief.
15. Device for resetting instruments or controls v 1.
21. Ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln.
23. A historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia.
26. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
28. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
32. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
34. (Japanese) An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea.
37. A mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (7,360 feet high).
39. King of Wessex.
41. An acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance.
42. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
43. Make use of.
44. A slight or partial paralysis.
46. Provide commentary for a film, for example.
49. Beads threaded on a string.
51. Of or relating to or near the sacrum.
55. A Russian river.
61. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
64. The ninth month of the Moslem calendar.
65. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
66. (of exocrine glands) Producing a clear aqueous secretion without releasing part of the secreting cell.
67. Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.
69. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
71. An associate degree in applied science.
74. A woody climbing usually tropical plant.
75. A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
76. The woody part of plants.
78. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
81. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
82. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
84. An outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down.
85. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
86. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
89. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
90. The fatty flesh of eel.
94. A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.

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