Crossword Puzzle Number 5862 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
4. A nettle yielding fiber resembling flax.
10. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
15. Any high mountain.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress.
18. The dressed hairy coat of a mammal.
19. (Sumerian) Legendary friend of Gilgamish.
21. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
24. 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.
25. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
29. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
31. An uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived.
34. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
38. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
39. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
40. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
41. Forced to turn and face attackers.
47. A port city in southwestern Iran.
51. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
56. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
59. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
60. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
61. Type genus of the Annonaceae.
63. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
64. Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. Either extremity of something that has length.
67. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.

DOWN

1. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
2. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
3. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
4. Employed in accomplishing something.
5. (Roman mythology) The twin brother of Romulus.
6. The sound made by a gentle blow.
7. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
8. The capital and largest city of Venezuela.
9. How long something has existed.
10. A crime syndicate in the United States.
11. Exactly vertical.
12. A chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline.
20. (informal) Subject to accident or chance or change.
22. The act of scanning.
26. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
27. A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
28. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
30. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Injured by bites or stings.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
37. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
42. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
45. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
46. An associate degree in nursing.
48. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. Extremely robust.
55. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
57. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
58. A numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for.
62. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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