Crossword Puzzle Number 6484 (Small Grid)

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1. An abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly).
4. United States film actor (born in 1925).
10. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
13. The sound made by a cow or bull.
14. (of drugs) Through the mouth rather than through injection.
15. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
16. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
17. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
19. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
21. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.
23. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
26. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
27. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
31. Capital of modern Macedonia.
35. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
36. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
42. A rounded projection or protuberance.
48. Praise, glorify, or honor.
52. Thrown together in a pile.
54. The site of an archeological exploration.
55. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
58. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
59. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
60. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
61. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
62. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
63. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
2. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
3. A member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. Acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals.
5. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
6. An ambitious and aspiring young person.
7. A master's degree in library science.
8. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
9. A Mid-Atlantic state.
10. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
11. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
12. American novelist (1909-1955).
18. Advance evidence for.
20. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
22. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
24. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
25. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
28. A spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
29. Being two more than fifty.
30. A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
32. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
33. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
34. 16 ounces.
38. A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
39. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
41. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
43. City in Sudan.
44. God of wealth and love.
45. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920).
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
49. A city of central China.
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome.
53. Large American feline resembling a lion.
56. The quantity that can be held in a mug.
57. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
58. A public promotion of some product or service.

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