Crossword Puzzle Number 6408 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
10. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
13. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
14. A waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water.
15. Fiddler crabs.
16. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
18. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
19. Productive work (especially physical work done for wages).
21. A state in midwestern United States.
22. A genus of Indriidae.
24. A yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour.
25. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
26. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
36. 10 grams.
38. Jordan's port.
44. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
51. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
53. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
54. The sign language used in the United States.
56. Bottle that has a narrow neck.
59. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
62. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
63. An enclosed space.
64. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
65. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
66. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
67. Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way.
2. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
3. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
4. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
5. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
6. Dance the slam dance.
7. A dyed fabric.
8. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. Spicy fruit of the cubeb vine.
11. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
20. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
23. British informal term.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
32. Highly excited.
34. A state in northwestern North America.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
42. Cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
45. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
48. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
49. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
50. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
52. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
53. In operation or operational.
55. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
57. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
58. God of love and erotic desire.
60. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
61. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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