Crossword Puzzle Number 6451 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
4. Free and relaxed in manner.
10. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
13. A writing implement with a point from which ink flows.
14. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
15. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
16. Informal terms for a meal.
18. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
19. Torn down and broken up.
21. An upward slope or grade (as in a road).
23. Before noon.
24. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
25. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
26. 1/10 gram.
27. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
28. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
31. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
33. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. Great coolness and composure under strain.
39. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
42. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961).
47. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
50. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
51. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
56. A French abbot.
59. A person forced to flee from home or country.
60. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
64. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
66. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
69. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
70. A port in southwestern Scotland.
71. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
73. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
74. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
75. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
76. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).

DOWN

1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
3. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
4. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
5. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
6. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
7. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
8. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
9. Worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down.
10. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
11. An active and efficient cause.
12. A genus of Ploceidae.
17. Perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America.
20. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
30. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
34. Fallow deer.
36. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element.
40. A flexible container with a single opening.
41. United States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933).
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
48. In bed.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.
53. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
54. Before noon.
55. God of wealth and love.
57. Common Indian weaverbird.
58. Explorer and United States naval officer.
61. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
62. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
63. Projectiles to be fired from a gun.
65. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
67. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
68. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
72. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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