Crossword Puzzle Number 5679 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants.
5. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
10. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
13. (Roman mythology) God of love.
14. Plant-sucking bugs.
15. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
16. The capital of Switzerland.
17. Large spreading Old World tree having large leaves and globose clusters of greenish-yellow flowers and long seed pods that clatter in the wind.
18. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
19. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
21. Swedish oceanographer who recognized the role of the Coriolis effect on ocean currents (1874-1954).
23. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
26. A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element.
27. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
30. A state in midwestern United States.
32. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
34. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. An associate degree in applied science.
41. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
42. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
43. 36th President of the United States.
45. God of the earth.
49. Exceptionally bad or displeasing.
50. The act of acquiring something.
54. Obvious and dull.
58. A Loloish language.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
62. A Hindu prince or king in India.
63. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
64. (Phoenician and Philistine) God of agriculture and the earth.
66. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
67. Fallow deer.
68. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
69. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.

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1. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
2. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
3. A material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption.
4. The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA).
5. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
6. A language of Australian aborigines.
7. A city in northern India.
8. A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text.
9. A city in western Germany.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
11. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
12. Complacently or inanely foolish.
22. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit.
24. Lower in esteem.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
36. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
37. Towards the side away from the wind.
40. God of fire.
44. The part of a ship's equipment or cargo that is thrown overboard to lighten the load in a storm.
45. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
46. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
47. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
48. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
51. A genus of Mustelidae.
52. The lowest brass wind instrument.
53. A quantity of no importance.
55. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
56. Slightly open.
57. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
61. A Spanish title of respect for a gentleman or nobleman.
65. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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