Crossword Puzzle Number 590 (Small Grid)

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1. An international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade.
4. 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.
10. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
13. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
14. (Greek mythology) Son of Daedalus.
15. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
16. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
18. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. The Creator.
22. Somewhat ill or prone to illness.
24. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
25. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
33. A deep bow.
36. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
37. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
38. A flexible container with a single opening.
40. A bachelor's degree in religion.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
42. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
44. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
53. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
56. The front limb of a quadruped.
57. A disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin).
60. Jordan's port.
61. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
62. A member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington.
65. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
66. A master's degree in library science.
67. Involving the entire earth.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
2. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
3. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
4. A member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
5. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
6. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars.
9. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
11. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
12. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
17. Green algae common in freshwater lakes of limestone districts.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. A shade of blue tinged with green.
26. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
27. The twelfth month of the civil year.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
30. A master's degree in business.
31. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
32. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
45. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
46. A branch of the Tai languages.
48. The formation of frost or ice on a surface.
49. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
50. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
54. A large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
55. Affected manners intended to impress others.
58. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.
59. The sound made by a cow or bull.
63. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
64. Unknown god.

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