Crossword Puzzle Number 1668 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
5. A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together v 1.
10. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
13. A deep prolonged loud noise.
14. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (born in 1905).
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
17. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
18. Used of a single unit or thing.
19. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
21. One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
23. Offering little or no hope.
25. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
26. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
28. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
30. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. Affect with wonder.
41. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
42. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
43. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
49. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
51. Argentinian cariama.
55. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane.
58. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
59. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
62. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
63. The use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images.
65. Being seven more than fifty.
66. An honorary law degree.
67. The sacred writings of the Christian religion.
68. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.

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1. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
2. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. (of farmland) Capable of being farmed productively.
5. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
6. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Work hard.
9. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
10. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
11. Sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something.
12. A river in southeastern France.
20. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
27. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
29. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
32. English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).
34. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
35. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
45. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
48. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
50. Herbs and subshrubs.
52. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
53. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception.
57. Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.
60. Being nine more than thirty.
61. A usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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