Crossword Puzzle Number 3553 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. The capital and largest city of Georgia on the Kura river.
10. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
13. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
14. A flammable colorless gaseous alkene.
15. Having only superficial plausibility.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. An acknowledgment of appreciation.
18. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. The capital of Lesotho.
21. An autocracy governed by two rulers.
23. (astronomy) An indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels.
25. Informal terms for a mother.
26. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
27. Run away.
30. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
32. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. An accidental happening.
42. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. 32nd President of the United States.
49. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
52. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
59. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
65. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
66. A town in central Kansas.
68. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
69. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
70. Submerged freshwater perennials.
71. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. An unfledged or nestling hawk.
4. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
5. Goddess of spring and wife of Bragi.
6. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
7. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
8. Of the color of black ink.
9. East Indian annual erect herb.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
11. Machine tool for shaping metal or wood.
12. A woman's close-fitting foundation garment.
20. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
22. Avatar of Vishnu.
24. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
28. (informal) Exceptionally good.
29. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
31. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
37. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
39. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. God of death.
45. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A bitter quarrel between two parties.
51. A French abbot.
53. The capital and largest city of Norway.
54. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
56. Set down according to a plan.
57. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
62. Used of a single unit or thing.
63. The cry made by sheep.
67. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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