Crossword Puzzle Number 2186 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A city of central China.
10. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
13. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
14. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
15. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
16. A republic in southeastern Europe.
18. 1 species.
20. Being of the age 13 through 19.
21. Given or having a specified name.
22. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
25. Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly.
28. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
29. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
33. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
35. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
38. A port city in southwestern Iran.
41. A member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India.
43. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. Very dark black.
49. The highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music.
54. Squash bugs.
57. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
61. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
62. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
63. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
64. A slender double-reed instrument.
65. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
66. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.

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1. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink.
2. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
3. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
4. German states who as chancellor of West Germany worked to reduce tensions with eastern Europe (1913-1992).
5. A large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
6. Made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified.
7. Being nine more than ninety.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Wife of Balder.
10. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
11. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
12. A doctor's degree in music.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
19. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
23. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
24. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
26. A French abbot.
27. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
34. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
36. Jordan's port.
39. An authoritative rule.
40. Tag the base runner to get him out.
42. Dragonflies and damselflies.
43. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
48. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

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