Crossword Puzzle Number 56 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
4. Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
10. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
18. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. The cry made by sheep.
20. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
21. The capital and largest city of Mozambique.
23. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
26. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. Cry plaintively.
33. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
35. A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity.
37. A state in New England.
38. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
39. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
40. An enclosed space.
42. A master's degree in business.
44. At or constituting a border or edge.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.
52. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
56. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
60. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
61. Wearing or provided with clothing.
63. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
64. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
65. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
66. A city in central New York.
67. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.

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1. An informal term for a father.
2. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
3. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
4. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
5. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
6. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
7. Compete for something.
8. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. A yellow quartz.
10. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
11. Partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water.
12. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
17. Regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god).
22. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
27. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
30. A city in southeastern Sweden.
31. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
32. At a specific prior time.
34. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
36. A radioactive transuranic element.
41. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
46. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
48. Jordan's port.
50. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
51. Agitation resulting from active worry.
53. A heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
58. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
59. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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