Crossword Puzzle Number 2156 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A small piece of cloth.
4. A motley assortment of things.
10. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
13. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
14. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
15. An informal term for a father.
16. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
18. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
19. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
20. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End v 1.
21. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
22. Greek mythology.
24. Spin or twist together so as to form a cord.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. The act of scanning.
30. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
39. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. An orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa.
44. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
49. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
50. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
56. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
59. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
60. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
62. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
65. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
66. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
67. Melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
2. American filmmaker and comic actor (1935- ).
3. Of or relating to neuroglia.
4. (Old Testament) Wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau.
5. A public promotion of some product or service.
6. Informal terms for money.
7. (of champagne) Extremely dry.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
9. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
10. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
11. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
12. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
17. Small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers.
23. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. Gone by.
33. God of the earth.
35. How long something has existed.
36. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
40. A state in northwestern North America.
42. A festival featuring African-American culture.
43. Informal terms for money.
45. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
48. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
51. Tropical American tree grown in southern United States having a whitish pink-tinged fruit.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
55. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
56. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
57. (Greek mythology) God of love.
58. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
63. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
64. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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