Crossword Puzzle Number 2228 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
4. Of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus.
10. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
15. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles.
16. Make amends for.
17. Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers.
19. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
21. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
22. A Mid-Atlantic state.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
26. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
30. A decree that prohibits something.
31. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
36. (Irish) The sea personified.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
38. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
47. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. A bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases.
52. Before noon.
54. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
56. Any handsome young man.
57. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
60. Liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned.
61. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
62. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
65. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
66. A depression in an otherwise level surface.
67. Speak in a nasal voice.
68. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.

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1. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
2. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
3. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
4. Made from residue of grapes or apples after pressing.
5. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye.
6. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
7. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
8. United States virologist who developed the Salk vaccine that is injected against poliomyelitis (born 1914).
9. The square of a body of any size of type.
10. A large Yoruba city in southwestern Nigeria.
11. French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870).
12. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. The eighth month of the civil year.
24. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
39. Of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. A small quantity of liquid.
46. Add ions to.
48. A mountain peak in the Andes in Argentina (21,654 feet high).
50. Someone who bites.
51. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
53. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
58. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
63. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
64. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts.

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