Crossword Puzzle Number 2798 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. (anatomy) Of or relating to or near a rib.
10. A flexible container with a single opening.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
15. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
16. German musician who developed a system for teaching music to children (1895-1982).
18. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
20. Mar or spoil the appearance of.
22. Bearing or marked with a label or tag.
25. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
27. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
28. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
35. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
38. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
39. In or of the month preceding the present one.
40. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
42. Large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
46. A small piece of cloth.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
55. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
58. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
59. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. Marked by smartness in dress and manners.
64. A shape that sags.
65. The wood of an African obeche tree.
66. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
67. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. Small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib.
69. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.

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1. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
2. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
3. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. Look at with amorous intentions.
6. An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms.
7. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
8. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
9. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. A French abbot.
12. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
17. An agenda of things to do.
19. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
21. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
23. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC).
24. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
26. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
29. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
32. A borough in Scotland.
33. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
34. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
36. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
43. Membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi.
44. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
48. The capital of Morocco.
50. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
51. A share of something.
52. A Bantu language.
53. A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).
54. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
56. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
57. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. The quantity contained in a keg.
63. God of war and sky.

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