Crossword Puzzle Number 4279 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Related to or located at the back.
5. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
10. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
13. A fit of shivering.
14. American dramatist (1928- ).
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
18. Of or relating to the aorta.
20. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
23. A daughter of your brother or sister.
24. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
33. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
40. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
41. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
43. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
45. Mild form of diabetes mellitus that develops gradually in adults.
47. German bacteriologist who found a `magic bullet' to cure syphilis and was a pioneer in the study of immunology (1854-1915).
49. A large fleet.
51. The second largest city in Tunisia.
54. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.
58. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
61. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
62. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
63. Remove the hand from.
65. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
66. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

DOWN

1. Derive or receive pleasure from.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
8. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
9. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
10. Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis.
11. Any plant of the genus Erica.
12. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
17. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
21. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
28. A branch of the Tai languages.
29. In bed.
31. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
32. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.
34. Large antelope with lightly spiraled horns of desert regions of North Africa.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
39. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
42. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
43. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
44. A master's degree in library science.
46. A form of address for a man.
48. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
49. The longest division of geological time.
50. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
52. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
53. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
54. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
55. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
56. A small cake leavened with yeast.
57. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
59. Give a nickname to.
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
64. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.

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