Crossword Puzzle Number 4363 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
4. A relation that provides the foundation for something.
9. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
13. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
14. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
15. Flowing in drops.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
19. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
21. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
33. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
36. Fiddler crabs.
37. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
38. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
40. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
43. Game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them.
44. Informal terms for a mother.
46. (informal) Of the highest quality.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
52. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
55. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
59. One or some or every or all without specification.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
64. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
66. A field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock.
67. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
68. Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930).
69. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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1. In the Roman calendar.
2. A Spanish unit of length (about a yard) having different values in different localities.
3. Jordan's port.
4. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
5. Make less active or intense.
6. An enclosed space.
7. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
8. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
9. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
10. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
11. Any orchid of the genus Disa.
12. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
26. The last (12th) month of the year.
27. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
28. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
29. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
30. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
32. The cry made by sheep.
34. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
41. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Any plant of the genus Erica.
49. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
51. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
56. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
57. In bed.
58. Common Indian weaverbird.
60. A branch of the Tai languages.
61. United States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959).
65. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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