Crossword Puzzle Number 5440 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
4. An island in the Aegean Sea in the Saronic Gulf.
10. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
13. A doctor's degree in education.
14. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
17. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).
19. Jordan's port.
21. A member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona.
23. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
25. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. 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.
34. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
35. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
36. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
37. Not in good physical or mental health.
39. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
40. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
41. Of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen.
45. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
48. A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number.
55. The cry made by sheep.
56. (medicine) Chilly.
59. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
60. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
61. Become taut or tauter.
63. An awkward stupid person.
64. Owed and payable immediately or on demand.
65. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
66. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.

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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
4. A large fleet.
5. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
6. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
7. (informal) Very bad.
8. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
12. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa.
18. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. A state in the eastern United States.
24. A port city in southwestern Iran.
27. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
28. Look at with amorous intentions.
29. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
31. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
32. Denuded of leaves.
33. Stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water.
38. Having two axes.
39. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
42. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
46. Type genus of the Ardeidae.
47. Minor or subordinate.
49. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
50. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
51. Make reference to.
52. Beside one another in a row or rank.
53. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
54. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
57. A local computer network for communication between computers.
58. A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
62. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.

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