Crossword Puzzle Number 2979 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
5. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
10. An accountant certified by the state.
13. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
14. A short composition for a solo instrument.
15. A boy or man.
16. Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep.
17. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. A person of subnormal intelligence.
21. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
22. Having help.
24. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
26. A small cake leavened with yeast.
28. Covered with scabs.
30. The eleventh month of the Hindu calendar.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. The battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
45. The supreme commander of a fleet.
47. Slightly wet.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. (Old Testament) Samson's Philistine mistress who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength.
54. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
58. Take control of.
59. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
62. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
64. A port city in southwestern Iran.
66. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
67. A partially opened flower.
68. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
69. The compass point midway between east and southeast.

DOWN

1. Not final or absolute.
2. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
3. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
4. Accumulate on the surface.
5. Adult female chicken.
6. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
7. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
8. The capital and largest city of Japan.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. Wearing or provided with clothing.
11. Sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
20. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
23. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
25. Minor or subordinate.
27. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
29. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
31. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
32. Offering fun and gaiety.
33. Heal or recover.
35. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
38. An extreme state of adversity.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
44. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
45. Half the width of an em.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
48. Informal terms for a mother.
49. A small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle).
52. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
53. A city in southeastern Sweden.
54. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.
55. Informal terms for money.
56. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
57. The central area of a church.
60. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
61. Extremely pleasing.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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