Crossword Puzzle Number 1140 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc..
10. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. A great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
15. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. Before any deductions.
19. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. A French abbot.
22. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
23. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
24. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
36. Relating to or containing acetic acid.
38. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
39. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
41. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
54. The sixth month of the civil year.
55. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
57. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
60. A genus of Ploceidae.
63. 1 species.
65. Used of a single unit or thing.
66. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
69. How long something has existed.
70. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
71. Greek lyric poet remembered for his odes (518?-438? BC).
72. An informal term for a father.

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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. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. Animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes.
5. Of or relating to walls.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal.
8. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
9. Informal terms for a mother.
10. An elaborate representation of scenes from history etc.
11. A Loloish language.
12. Two items of the same kind.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
20. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
26. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
27. The cry made by sheep.
29. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
32. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. The dull explosive noise made by an engine.
40. A light touch or stroke.
43. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
46. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
47. A narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
49. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
59. In bed.
61. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
62. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
67. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
68. A public promotion of some product or service.

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