Crossword Puzzle Number 626 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
5. Follower of Rastafarianism.
10. A health resort near a spring or at the seaside.
13. On or toward the lee.
14. Realistic Norwegian author who wrote plays on social and political themes (1828-1906).
15. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. A musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it.
19. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
23. Adult female chicken.
26. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
29. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
32. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
37. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
38. Moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults.
39. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
41. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
42. An uproarious party.
43. (Greek mythology) The rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods.
45. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
47. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
51. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
55. Round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games.
59. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
61. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
62. A serve that strikes the net before falling into the receiver's court.
63. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
65. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
67. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
68. One of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread.

DOWN

1. Serving as or forming a base.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888).
4. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
6. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
7. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
8. An African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flower of good quality) as well as for forage and hay.
9. An associate degree in nursing.
10. A deep bow.
11. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
12. The highest level or degree attainable.
18. A language group of the Hokan family.
21. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
24. At or constituting a border or edge.
25. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
27. A sudden short attack.
28. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
30. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
31. A tributary of the Rhine.
33. A genus of Ploceidae.
34. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
36. (Norse mythology) Ruler of the Aesir.
40. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
44. 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.
46. The sacred city of Lamaism.
47. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
49. In bed.
50. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. (prefix) Outside or outer.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
56. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
57. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
58. A polite name for any woman.
60. A light touch or stroke.
61. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
64. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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