Crossword Puzzle Number 2499 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A young woman making her debut into society.
4. A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses.
10. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A shout to attract attention.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
18. A primeval personification of air and breath.
19. (British) Informal term for information.
20. Type genus of the Anatidae.
21. A bachelor's degree in science.
22. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
26. Ground snakes.
28. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
31. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
35. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
36. How long something has existed.
39. A slight amount or degree of difference.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. Being of delicate or slender build.
44. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
46. The activity of keeping something secret.
48. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
50. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
53. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
56. A doctor's degree in music.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
65. (Brit) A tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes.
66. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
67. (informal) Roused to anger.
68. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
69. The bivalent radical UO2 which forms salts with acids.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
5. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
6. Tastelessly showy.
7. European cave-dwelling aquatic salamander with permanent external gills.
8. Small root or division of a root.
9. French biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976).
10. A motley assortment of things.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. Unpleasantly cool and humid.
17. A law passed by US Congress to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment.
23. (archaic) A fitting reward.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
30. Set down according to a plan.
33. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
34. The act of scanning.
37. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
38. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
40. Highly excited.
43. A small but appreciable amount.
45. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
46. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
49. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
51. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
52. (biology) Having or resembling wings.
53. A sign of assent or salutation or command.
54. Again but in a new or different way.
55. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. An informal term for a father.
60. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
61. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
63. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

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