Crossword Puzzle Number 1441 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
5. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. (trademark) A type of inflatable air mattress.
14. A loud harsh or strident noise.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
18. Divulge information or secrets.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
20. An unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman.
22. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
31. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
35. A Nilotic language.
38. A city in northwestern Turkey.
39. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
42. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
43. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
45. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. A proportion multiplied by 100.
50. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
53. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
56. A French abbot.
60. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
61. A thin strip (wood or metal).
62. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
64. Extremely pleasing.
65. Not only so, but.
66. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
67. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.

DOWN

1. A white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum.
2. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
3. American dramatist (1928- ).
4. (used of especially horses) Having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray.
5. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
6. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
7. A genus of Caltha.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. The capital of Western Samoa.
12. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
17. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
21. A light touch or stroke.
23. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
26. Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.
28. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
34. Towards the side away from the wind.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
40. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
41. The brightest star in Scorpius.
42. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
44. The 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
48. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
49. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
51. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
52. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
54. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
55. (British slang) Cafe.
57. The cry made by sheep.
58. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
63. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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