Crossword Puzzle Number 5889 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
9. A course of conduct.
13. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
14. Follower of Rastafarianism.
15. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
16. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
18. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
19. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
20. Any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males.
23. On or toward the lee.
24. Source of a tough elastic wood.
27. Extremely pleasing.
28. Make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle.
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
39. By bad luck.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
44. Any competition.
45. A Loloish language.
47. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality.
60. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
61. A genus of Ploceidae.
63. The fatty flesh of eel.
64. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
65. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
66. Concerning those not members of the clergy.

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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
3. The place where some action occurs.
4. (informal) Exceptionally good.
5. Closed with a lace.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
8. A light touch or stroke.
9. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Hoop that covers a wheel.
12. (Greek mythology) The goddess of youth and spring.
17. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
21. The airforce of Great Britain.
22. Before noon.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. Lower in esteem.
29. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
30. A state in the western United States.
31. Offering fun and gaiety.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry.
41. (informal) Of the highest quality.
42. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
46. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
47. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
48. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
52. An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center.
53. The median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly.
54. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
55. English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606).
57. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
58. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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