Crossword Puzzle Number 4704 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
4. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
10. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
15. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. Having the head uncovered.
19. The mathematics of generalized arithmetical operations.
22. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
23. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
33. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
38. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
40. A state in midwestern United States.
42. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
43. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
45. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
46. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
54. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
56. Any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria.
60. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
64. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
65. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
66. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
68. The foot of a human being.
69. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
70. Relating to or promoting digestion.
71. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.

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1. English essayist (1775-1834).
2. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
3. God of wealth and love.
4. Rapid and indistinct speech.
5. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
6. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
7. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. A port city in southwestern Iran.
11. Fallow deer.
12. The face of a timepiece.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.
21. Informal terms for a mother.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
27. A small cake leavened with yeast.
31. The highest level or degree attainable.
32. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
34. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
35. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. A tricyclic antidepressant (trade names Imavate and Tofranil) used to treat clinical depression.
40. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
41. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
44. A boy or man.
47. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
51. Remote and separate physically or socially.
53. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
54. Informal terms for a mother.
55. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
56. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
57. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
58. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
59. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
61. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
62. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.
63. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
67. Being ten more than eighty.

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