Crossword Puzzle Number 589 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
4. East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder.
10. God of the earth.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
16. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
18. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
19. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
20. An ancient city in southern Bulgaria.
22. Of or relating to or measured in ohms.
24. (Greek mythology) A maiden seduced by Zeus.
25. Being one more than ten.
27. Informal terms for a mother.
29. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
33. A unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries.
37. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
40. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
43. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
45. A book of the New Testament.
47. Wig for men fashionable in 17th-18th centuries.
51. Unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes.
55. Widely known and esteemed.
56. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
60. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
61. Fiddler crabs.
63. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
64. A boy or man.
65. All the animal life in a particular region.
66. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. Uttering in an irritated tone.
2. Using speech rather than writing.
3. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. A state in midwestern United States.
6. Of or relating to Slavic languages.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
10. Something whose name is either forgotten or not known.
11. (Norse mythology) Goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
12. Greenish-yellow pear.
17. A convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse.
21. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
23. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
26. A mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak).
28. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
32. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. Most important element.
38. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
41. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
42. Water frozen in the solid state.
44. Guinea fowl.
46. A narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband.
48. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
52. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
53. Having been read.
54. Very dark black.
58. (Babylonian) The sky god.
59. 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.
62. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.

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