Crossword Puzzle Number 995 (Large Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces.
4. Jordan's port.
9. A slow pace of running.
13. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
17. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
18. Avatar of Vishnu.
19. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
20. An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off.
22. 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).
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle.
25. Of or relating to a canton.
27. United States inventor who manufactured the first elevator with a safety device (1811-1861).
30. Being one more than two.
31. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
33. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
34. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
35. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
39. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
41. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
44. (thermodynamics) Conforming to the Carnot cycle.
45. A bluish shade of green.
46. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
48. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
49. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
51. A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations.
54. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
55. Corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (Southern).
58. English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981).
60. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
61. Emotionally affected.
62. German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831).
64. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
65. (used with singular count nouns) Colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.
66. Being one more than one.
67. An associate degree in nursing.
68. The cry made by sheep.
74. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
76. African mahogany trees.
80. Flattery intended to persuade.
83. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
84. Made dull or blunt.
87. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
88. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
89. A long pointed rod used as a weapon.
90. By bad luck.
92. Long and light rowing boat.
93. A rapid bustling commotion.
94. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
95. Being three more than fifty.
96. The compass point midway between east and southeast.

DOWN

1. A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle.
2. Beyond what is natural.
3. Port city in northwest Portugal.
4. To gain with effort.
5. Something considered choice to eat.
6. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
9. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
10. Type genus of the Ranidae.
11. Of or relating to Oman or its people.
12. In a tasty manner.
13. The provision of money temporarily (usually at interest).
14. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
15. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. Something done (usually as opposed to something said).
26. A can with a long nozzle to apply oil to machinery.
28. Jordan's port.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A republic in southwestern Asia.
36. Any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers.
37. Obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity.
38. Or or related to acetic acid.
40. An ancient Iranian language.
42. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
43. A virtually extinct Caucasian language spoken exclusively in Turkey.
47. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
50. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
52. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.
53. Be in contradiction with.
56. Perversely irritable.
57. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. Marked by skill in deception.
63. A Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols.
69. Turn pale, as if in fear.
70. Brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets.
71. The basic unit of money in Gambia.
72. (usually plural) A destructive action.
73. Australian clover fern.
75. A Nilotic language.
77. Not easy.
78. A bachelor's degree in library science.
79. Made by polymerizing butadiene.
81. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
82. A feeling of intense anger.
85. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
86. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
91. Being one more than fifty.

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