Crossword Puzzle Number 1756 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A unit of pressure.
4. Type genus of the Salmonidae.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
13. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
14. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.
15. A person of French descent.
16. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
17. Elevated open grassland in southern Africa.
18. Engage or hire for work.
19. 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.
21. Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds.
22. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
25. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
26. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
27. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
34. Losing color.
38. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
40. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
41. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
42. Jordan's port.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
48. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
51. Slightly open.
55. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
58. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
59. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar.
62. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
64. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
65. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
67. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
68. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
69. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
71. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.

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1. A genus of Ploceidae.
2. A vicious angry growl.
3. A college town in central New York on Lake Cayuga.
4. The Destroyer.
5. Used of a single unit or thing.
6. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
7. The vein in the center of a leaf.
8. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
11. Of or relating to or containing or derived from gold.
12. The sound of sheep or goats (or any sound resembling this) v 1.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
28. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
29. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
31. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
35. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
36. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A lyric poet.
44. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
47. A person forced to flee from home or country.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Jordan's port.
52. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
53. Type genus of the Anatidae.
54. God of death.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
60. Rate of revolution of a motor.
61. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
63. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
66. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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