Crossword Puzzle Number 3127 (Small Grid)

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1. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
4. Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit.
10. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
15. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
16. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
18. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
22. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
24. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
30. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
36. Small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. Type genus of the Anatidae.
41. A city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains.
42. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
44. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
46. The month following March and preceding May.
50. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
52. Spread or daub over.
55. Greek mythology.
59. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
63. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
64. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
66. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
67. Made of fir or pine.
68. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
69. Used of a single unit or thing.

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1. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
4. A woman of refinement.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. The airforce of Great Britain.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
9. The 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
11. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
12. God of death.
17. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico).
21. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
23. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
25. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows.
29. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
34. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
35. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
37. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A festival featuring African-American culture.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Obvious and dull.
48. The month following July and preceding September.
49. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. 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.
54. Fallow deer.
56. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
57. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
58. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
60. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
61. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
62. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
65. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.

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