Crossword Puzzle Number 2188 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
4. Mexican painter noted for his monumental murals (1883-1949).
10. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
13. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
14. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
15. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
16. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
18. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
22. Used especially of front teeth having artificial crowns.
24. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. A French abbot.
29. Being nine more than forty.
30. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella.
34. Relatively large in size or number or extent.
36. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
39. A Russian river.
40. Mite or tick.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
44. A Mexican City just south of San Diego on the Lower California peninsula.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
48. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
56. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
59. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
60. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
61. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
62. Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean.
65. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
66. An associate degree in applied science.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
2. English essayist (1775-1834).
3. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
4. Front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere.
5. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
6. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
7. A quantity of no importance.
8. Of or like a cecum.
9. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
10. A sudden very loud noise.
11. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
12. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
17. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
21. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
23. Type genus of the family Paguridae.
25. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
27. (informal) Exceptionally good.
28. Area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir.
31. An elaborate song for solo voice.
32. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
33. Humble request for help.
35. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping.
37. A Hindu prince or king in India.
41. Enchanter's nightshade.
42. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
43. God of death.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
49. 100 toea equal 1 kina.
50. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. In bed.
55. Advanced in years.
57. A castrated tomcat.
58. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
63. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
64. 16 ounces.

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