Crossword Puzzle Number 4578 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (of champagne) Moderately dry.
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
10. A light touch or stroke.
13. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
14. Immature of its kind.
15. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
16. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
17. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
19. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
21. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
22. French novelist.
24. In addition.
26. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
27. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
29. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
36. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
37. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material.
40. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. A pen that has a small metal ball as the point of transfer of ink to paper.
44. A doctor's degree in education.
47. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
57. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
59. A Loloish language.
63. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
64. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
65. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
69. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess.
70. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

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1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. A genus of Mustelidae.
3. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
4. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
5. A gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile.
6. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
7. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
8. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
11. A city in northern India.
12. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
18. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
20. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
23. The trait of lacking restraint or control.
25. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
28. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
30. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
31. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. Virus parasitic in bacteria.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.
56. Slightly open.
58. An associate degree in applied science.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. A successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball).
62. Fiddler crabs.
66. A long-playing phonograph record.

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