Crossword Puzzle Number 5974 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
10. An intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving.
13. God of the earth.
14. A deep bow.
15. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
16. American novelist (1909-1955).
18. Characteristic of a baby.
20. Spread or daub over.
22. The topmost one of two.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
26. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
28. Small genus of South American trees yielding latex.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
34. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
40. An informal term for a father.
42. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
43. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
48. The jurisdiction or office of an abbot.
51. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
55. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum.
57. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
58. An informal term for a father.
59. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
62. Very dark black.
63. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
64. (usually plural) The state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound.
66. Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
67. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
68. A Greek island west of Greece.
69. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.

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1. Jordan's port.
2. A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.
3. In bed.
4. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
5. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
6. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
7. 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.
8. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
9. The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
10. An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping.
11. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
12. Danish physicist who studied atomic structure and radiations.
17. Posing no difficulty.
19. Battle in World War I (1917).
21. Fiddler crabs.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
29. British informal term.
30. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A city of southeastern Mexico.
45. (in India and Burma) A member of an armed gang of robbers.
47. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
49. Any activity that is easy to do.
50. West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves.
52. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
53. The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.
54. Wife of Balder.
56. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
60. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
65. The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle.

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