Crossword Puzzle Number 2140 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
5. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber.
10. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
14. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene.
15. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
16. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
17. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
19. Island in West Indies.
21. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. An informal term for a father.
28. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree.
36. An industrial region in the Ukraine.
40. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
41. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
43. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.
44. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture).
52. Having or covered with hair.
56. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Make attractive or lovable.
62. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
63. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.
64. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
65. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.

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1. A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane).
2. Antibiotic-resistant mycoplasma causing a kind of pneumonia in humans.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. 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.
5. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
6. Seed of a pea plant.
7. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
8. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
9. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
12. Being here now.
18. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
20. Being one more than one hundred.
22. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
23. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
25. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
26. A decree that prohibits something.
29. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. (informal) Rural and uncouth.
31. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. God of wealth and love.
38. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
45. Lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland.
46. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
48. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
49. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
53. A contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite.
54. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
55. An account describing incidents or events.
57. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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