Crossword Puzzle Number 612 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
10. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
13. A unit of pain intensity.
14. The capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
16. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
18. A state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness.
19. An informal term for a father.
20. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
21. That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
23. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Humorously vulgar.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
33. The sixth month of the civil year.
34. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
36. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
38. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. (informal) Exceptionally good.
44. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
46. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
47. A light touch or stroke.
48. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the colon and covering the intestines.
53. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
55. Having a woven pattern.
59. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
61. A large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property.
63. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
64. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
65. A small skullcap.
67. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
68. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
69. Rich and superior in quality.
70. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
2. A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia.
3. A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair.
4. Bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning.
5. A state in midwestern United States.
6. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. A large fleet.
9. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
10. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
11. South African term for `boss'.
12. The probability of a specified outcome.
17. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
22. A quantity of no importance.
24. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
25. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
30. Type genus of the Anatidae.
32. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
37. A town in western Kentucky on the Ohio River.
39. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
40. A diuretic drug (trade name Esidrix and HydroDIURIL) used in the treatment of hypertension.
41. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
43. Offering fun and gaiety.
45. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
50. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
51. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
52. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
56. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. God of love and erotic desire.
60. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
62. (Babylonian) The sky god.
63. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
66. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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