Crossword Puzzle Number 1294 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. An oil port in southern Iraq.
9. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. Free from dirt or impurities.
15. A primeval personification of air and breath.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
19. Being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time.
20. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
21. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
30. Type genus of the Giraffidae.
34. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
37. Cut off from a whole.
38. Not in good physical or mental health.
39. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
40. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
41. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky.
46. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
47. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
48. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
52. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
59. A telegram sent abroad.
60. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
63. A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector.
64. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
65. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
66. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
3. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
4. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
5. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
6. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm.
7. A motley assortment of things.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology.
12. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
17. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
22. Female equine animal.
24. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
26. A state in New England.
28. Offering fun and gaiety.
29. In a competent capable manner.
31. Loose or flaccid body fat.
32. (of music) Characteristic of rural life.
33. The capital of Western Samoa.
35. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
43. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
45. The capital of Turkey.
49. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
50. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. In bed.
54. Humble request for help.
55. Occupied or in the control of.
57. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
58. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
59. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
61. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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