Crossword Puzzle Number 4972 (Small Grid)

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1. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.
4. (of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound.
10. A decree that prohibits something.
13. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
14. Australian clover fern.
15. How long something has existed.
16. Antipsychotic drug (trade name Moban) used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
18. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something.
19. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
20. Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997).
21. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
23. The sacred city of Lamaism.
25. A genus of Ploceidae.
27. Greek mythology.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
35. English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia.
38. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
39. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. Towards the side away from the wind.
43. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A radioactive transuranic element.
51. Singing jazz.
53. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
57. Squash bugs.
59. A Hindu prince or king in India.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
65. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
66. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made largely from pork.
67. Jordan's port.
68. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

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1. The 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
3. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
4. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
7. United States playwright (1906-1963).
8. An electrically charged particle.
9. Derivative of opium.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
11. God of fire.
12. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
17. A region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
22. A support that steadies or strengthens something else.
24. An associate degree in applied science.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
28. Something that resembles a pill in shape or size.
29. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
30. On or toward the lee.
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
36. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. An accountant certified by the state.
41. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. State in northeastern India.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Strike sharply.
51. A tight-fitting headdress.
52. (South African) A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers).
54. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
55. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
56. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
60. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
64. Unknown god.

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