Crossword Puzzle Number 1436 (Small Grid)

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1. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
4. Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste.
10. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
13. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
14. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
15. Black tropical American cuckoo.
16. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
18. Being one more than seven.
19. Cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel.
20. Speaking a Slavic language.
22. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
24. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
25. Of a pale purple color.
26. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
29. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
31. A person who is rejected (from society or home).
33. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
45. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
46. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
47. (Greek mythology) The Muse of history.
50. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
56. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
58. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
61. An associate degree in applied science.
62. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
63. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
65. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
66. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
67. A port city in southwestern Iran.
68. A doctor's degree in preventive medicine.

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1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. Tropical Asian starlings.
4. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used to treat schizophrenia.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Being one more than two.
9. German engineer and automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal combustion engine (1834-1900).
10. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
11. Squash bugs.
12. Ions are accelerated along a linear path by voltage differences on electrodes along the path.
17. A genus of Indriidae.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
27. An informal term for a father.
28. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
30. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
32. The highest level or degree attainable.
34. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
35. The bill in a restaurant.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
38. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
41. A slender double-reed instrument.
42. The cry made by sheep.
43. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
51. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
53. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
54. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
55. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A decree that prohibits something.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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