Crossword Puzzle Number 1823 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
5. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
10. Surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots.
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
15. An accountant certified by the state.
16. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
17. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
21. Rapid and indistinct speech.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. Jordan's port.
27. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
30. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
34. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
37. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
40. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
41. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
42. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
43. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
45. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
46. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
60. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
61. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
62. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
64. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
65. The basic unit of money in Albania.
66. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
67. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

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1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
3. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
4. 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.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. A rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes.
7. The cry made by sheep.
8. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation.
9. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
12. A challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A young woman making her debut into society.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. God of death.
29. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
31. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
32. A Russian river.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Jordan's port.
36. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
38. God of fire.
39. British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
48. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
49. A French abbot.
50. Related to or located at the back.
51. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
52. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
53. Willing to face danger.
54. Surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989).
55. In bed.
56. Type genus of the Majidae.
58. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
59. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
60. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
63. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

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