Crossword Puzzle Number 3736 (Small Grid)

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1. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
4. Covered with paving material.
10. Inquire about.
13. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
14. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
18. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
23. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
26. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
29. The square of a body of any size of type.
31. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
35. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
38. A flexible container with a single opening.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. An edilbe seaweed with a mild flavor.
41. (used of arms and legs) Bent outward with the joint away from the body.
45. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
46. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
50. A cruel and brutal fellow.
53. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
57. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
58. Someone who bakes commercially.
62. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
63. Payment due by the recipient on delivery.
64. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
65. On or toward the lee.
66. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
67. A popular vacation spot in the Canadian Rockies.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
5. Type genus of the Amiidae.
6. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
7. A written proposal or reminder.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
10. A city in northern India.
11. The act of scanning.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
20. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
24. Made of fir or pine.
27. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
28. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient.
30. A master's degree in business.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
33. A member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
34. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
36. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
37. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
42. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
48. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
49. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
50. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
51. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
52. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
61. The airforce of Great Britain.

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