Crossword Puzzle Number 5240 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. A small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins.
10. The chance to speak.
13. The habitation of wild animals.
14. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
16. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
18. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
20. African antelopes.
22. Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance.
24. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
25. The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil.
26. A female person who has the same parents as another person.
29. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
30. Clean or orderly.
34. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
35. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
36. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Noisy talk.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
61. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
62. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
64. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
65. A primeval personification of air and breath.
66. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
67. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
68. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. Praise, glorify, or honor.
3. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
4. A particular environment or walk of life.
5. One thousand grams.
6. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
7. An affirmative.
8. Find repugnant.
9. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
10. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
11. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
12. Not only so, but.
17. Handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute.
21. A crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal occasions.
23. United States Film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937).
27. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
28. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
31. Suggestive of the supernatural.
32. Type genus of the Amiidae.
33. An exchange of ideas via conversation.
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
42. A port city in southwestern Iran.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. 1 species.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
51. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
52. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
53. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
54. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
55. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
56. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
58. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
63. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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