Crossword Puzzle Number 1229 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Injured by bites or stings.
4. A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man.
9. Strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
13. The seed of the cereal grass.
14. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
15. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. The boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
18. Family based on male descent.
19. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
21. Grind together, of teeth.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. The content of cognition.
26. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
29. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. An informal term for a father.
37. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
39. A port city of south central Ukraine on an arm of the Black Sea.
41. Climbing salamanders.
44. (in Scotland) A child.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
47. Basic principles of the cosmos.
50. A radioactive transuranic element.
53. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
57. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
59. (used especially of persons) Having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age.
60. A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.
63. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
64. (used informally) Very small.
65. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
66. The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by.

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1. (informal) Exceptionally good.
2. The eighth month of the civil year.
3. A three-tone Chadic language.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
6. A projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall.
7. The molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams.
8. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
9. A building where prostitutes are available.
10. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
11. Perfume esp. with a censer.
12. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
20. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
27. A historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain.
28. A French abbot.
30. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
32. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
34. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
35. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
36. A decree that prohibits something.
38. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
40. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
42. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
43. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
48. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
49. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
54. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
55. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
56. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
58. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
61. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
62. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.

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