Crossword Puzzle Number 1403 (Small Grid)

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1. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
4. Lower in esteem.
9. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. (neurology) Of or relating to the vagus nerve.
15. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
16. Speaking a Slavic language.
18. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
19. Make anew.
20. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
22. (trademark) An antacid.
24. Bite or chew on with the teeth.
26. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
27. An utterance expressing pain or disapproval.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
37. The cry made by sheep.
40. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
47. (informal) Roused to anger.
48. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
51. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
53. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
56. Inability to walk.
60. The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac.
62. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
63. An argument opposed to a proposal.
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
67. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
68. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
69. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
70. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.

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1. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
2. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. The eleventh month of the civil year.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
8. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
9. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
11. (British) A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports.
12. Type and only genus of the family Esocidae.
17. Genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers.
21. An associate degree in nursing.
23. (informal) Of the highest quality.
25. A tributary of the Ohio River.
28. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
29. The capital of Western Samoa.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A small nail.
36. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
38. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
49. United States naval officer and historian (1840-1914).
50. Jordan's port.
52. A light touch or stroke.
54. A slender double-reed instrument.
55. The template for protein synthesis.
57. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
58. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
59. A Loloish language.
61. A periodic paperback publication.
65. A Mid-Atlantic state.
66. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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