Crossword Puzzle Number 2494 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A bachelor's degree in theology.
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
10. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
13. An affirmative.
14. 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.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. (football) Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
18. Gradually decreasing in tempo and volume.
20. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
21. Of heavy boots.
22. Lower in esteem.
25. In operation or operational.
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. Usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence.
30. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
32. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
34. An accountant certified by the state.
37. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. The quantity contained in a keg.
42. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Moving quickly and lightly.
49. Made of fir or pine.
53. Being one more than fifty.
54. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
56. Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads.
57. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
62. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
63. Pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America.
64. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.

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1. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. Serving as or forming a base.
4. Before noon.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
7. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
8. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
9. A city and port in northern Jutland.
10. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
11. Genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light.
12. Comical in an odd or whimsical manner.
17. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
19. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
23. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
24. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
28. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
29. A characteristic sound.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
36. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
38. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
40. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. A seducer who ruins a woman.
44. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
45. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
46. A woman of refinement.
48. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
52. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
55. 10 grams.
58. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
60. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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