Crossword Puzzle Number 2886 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
4. Someone who drives a taxi for a living.
9. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
13. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
14. Any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers.
15. Advanced in years.
16. Cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle.
17. A large stringed instrument.
18. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
19. God of wealth and love.
21. An alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth.
23. Type genus of the Amiidae.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
28. Small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra.
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A young woman making her debut into society.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point.
41. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
43. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
45. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
51. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
54. A B vitamin that prevents beriberi.
58. An artificial source of visible illumination.
59. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
61. A quantity of no importance.
62. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
63. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
64. A compact mass.
65. Common black European thrush.
66. Common Indian weaverbird.
67. River in eastern Asia.

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1. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
2. A unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm.
3. Tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit.
4. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
5. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
6. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
7. A rule made by a local authority to regulate its own affairs.
8. Officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
9. 1 species.
10. Highly excited.
11. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
12. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
20. A cushion on a throne for a prince in India.
22. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
30. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
31. Not reflecting light.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. In an irate manner.
39. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell.
42. United States golfer (born in 1929).
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
47. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. Tall and thin and having long slender limbs.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together.
55. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
56. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
60. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.

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