Crossword Puzzle Number 4257 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
4. Get undressed.
10. A master's degree in business.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
18. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
19. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
23. Made of fir or pine.
24. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
25. A subdivision of a particular kind of thing.
28. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
34. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
36. Historical and literary materials relating to Judaism.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. Unknown god.
43. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
44. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. The residue that remains when something is burned.
50. Avatar of Vishnu.
53. Jordan's port.
56. A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
60. A boy or man.
61. A port in northwestern Israel on the Bay of Acre.
64. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
65. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
66. Adorned by inlays.
68. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
69. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
70. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
71. Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian.

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1. An informal term for a father.
2. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
3. The act of scanning.
4. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
5. A state in southeastern United States.
6. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. A dress worn primarily by Hindu women.
9. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
10. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
11. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
12. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
17. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
26. (cosmology) The original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements.
27. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
29. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
31. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. God of love and erotic desire.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
40. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
46. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
47. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
51. A genus of Platalea.
52. A state in New England.
54. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
55. The sixth month of the civil year.
57. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
58. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
59. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
67. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.

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