Crossword Puzzle Number 3543 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Informal terms for clothing.
5. A heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland).
10. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
14. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
15. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
16. The vein in the center of a leaf.
17. A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea.
19. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
20. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. Electronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A literary language of Chinese Turkestan (named for one of the sons of Genghis Khan).
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
36. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
37. A Muslim trained in the doctrine and law of Islam.
41. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
42. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
43. An associate degree in nursing.
44. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
46. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
54. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
58. Most important element.
60. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
62. A doctor's degree in education.
63. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
64. Of or relating to a directionless magnitude.
66. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
67. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
68. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
69. (British) Your grandmother.

DOWN

1. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
2. In or relating to or obtained from urine.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A twilled woolen fabric.
5. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
8. Half the width of an em.
9. A motley assortment of things.
10. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
11. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
12. Slightly open.
18. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
24. A deep bow.
25. Young sheep.
27. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
28. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
31. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
32. A primeval personification of air and breath.
33. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
35. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
38. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
39. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
40. (informal) Of the highest quality.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
47. Being one more than one.
50. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
51. The face of a timepiece.
52. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
53. (informal) Exceptionally good.
54. A flexible container with a single opening.
55. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
56. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
57. Chief port of Yemen.
59. A federally chartered savings bank.
60. A master's degree in business.
61. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
65. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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