Crossword Puzzle Number 1316 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Wool of the alpaca.
10. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
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. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
18. A Russian river.
19. The basic unit of money in Albania.
20. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
21. A doctor's degree in optometry.
22. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
26. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
27. A festival featuring African-American culture.
31. Greek mythology.
35. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
36. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
38. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
39. The sixth month of the civil year.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
42. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
44. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
46. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
47. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
48. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. (Irish) Goddess.
55. Herbs and subshrubs.
59. A human limb.
60. American dwarf fan palms.
64. Characteristic of false pride.
65. (informal) Of the highest quality.
66. Lower in esteem.
67. In or of the present month.
68. A local computer network for communication between computers.
69. A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
70. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.

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1. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
2. The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose.
3. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
4. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324).
7. In bed.
8. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
9. A port city in southwestern Iran.
10. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
17. The act of scanning.
23. Jordan's port.
25. A deep bow.
28. English tennis player who won may women's singles titles (born in 1945).
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
33. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
43. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
45. East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit.
50. Type genus of the Gavidae.
52. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
53. A primeval personification of air and breath.
54. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
56. Long and thin and often limp.
57. A holding device attached to a workbench.
58. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
61. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
62. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
63. (Irish) The sea personified.
64. An associate degree in nursing.

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