Crossword Puzzle Number 1344 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
4. Any member of the genus Physa.
9. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
13. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
14. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. Father of the storm gods Marut.
18. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
20. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
23. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
24. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. Aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America.
35. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
40. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. An accountant certified by the state.
50. An associate degree in nursing.
52. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
53. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
55. Common Indian weaverbird.
57. The act of scanning.
60. God of fire.
61. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
63. Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.
64. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
65. Type genus of the Bramidae.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color n 1.
2. Frogs, toads, tree toads.
3. (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line.
4. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
5. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.
6. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
7. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
10. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
11. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
12. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
17. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A light touch or stroke.
28. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
29. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
30. Seed of a pea plant.
32. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
33. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
34. Fill with high spirits.
38. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
42. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
44. The cry made by sheep.
47. United States sculptor (born in 1924).
48. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
49. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
51. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
52. The square of a body of any size of type.
54. Fallow deer.
56. Noisy talk.
58. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
59. A unit of pressure.
62. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.

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