Crossword Puzzle Number 6007 (Small Grid)

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1. A vacuum tube in which a hot cathode emits a beam of electrons that pass through a high voltage anode and are focused or deflected before hitting a phosphorescent screen.
4. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
10. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
13. Towards the side away from the wind.
14. (Old Testament) The first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC).
15. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
16. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa.
18. A message received and understood that reduces the recipient's uncertainty.
19. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
20. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery.
22. A small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear.
24. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and North Asia.
25. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
26. (linguistics) Relating to the dative case.
29. A Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed people of northern Siberia.
32. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
33. A light touch or stroke.
36. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
43. Leafless East Indian vine.
45. A French abbot.
49. Serving as or forming a base.
53. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. Evergreen Indian shrub with vivid yellow flowers whose bark is used in tanning.
61. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
62. A fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia.
63. Small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals.
64. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
65. Late time of life.
66. An Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars.

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1. Wearing or provided with clothing.
2. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
3. A city in southeastern South Korea.
4. The third month of the civil year.
5. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
6. The narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips.
7. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
8. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
9. Traveling on horseback.
10. A high place.
11. Relating to the Urdu language.
12. South African term for `boss'.
17. God of fire.
21. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
23. An inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin.
27. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
28. A bachelor's degree in theology.
30. An enclosed space.
31. The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
41. Before noon.
44. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
46. A confusion of voices and other sounds.
47. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
48. Type genus of the Gavidae.
50. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
51. An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad.
52. An upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas).
54. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
55. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
58. A human limb.
59. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
60. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
61. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.

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