Crossword Puzzle Number 653 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A motley assortment of things.
10. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
13. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
14. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
15. A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
16. A distinguished female operatic singer.
18. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
19. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
21. A genus of Scolopacidae.
23. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
24. (informal) Exceptionally good.
25. A master's degree in business.
27. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. Read anew.
38. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
40. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 (1906-1975).
47. Relating to the Andes and their inhabitants.
48. Functioning correctly and ready for action.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
57. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
61. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
62. An advanced law degree.
63. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
65. (informal) Roused to anger.
66. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
67. One of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
2. Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set.
3. Genus of African timber trees.
4. A state in New England.
5. State in northeastern India.
6. A man who serves as a sailor.
7. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. The father of your father or mother.
10. A genus of Platalea.
11. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
12. A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something.
17. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
20. A vigorous blow.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
33. The act of scanning.
35. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
36. A run that is the result of the batter's performance.
37. Indigo bush.
39. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
43. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
44. Preaching the gospel of Christ in the manner of the early church.
45. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
46. A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices.
51. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
53. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
56. An informal term for a father.
58. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
59. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
60. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
61. An informal term for a father.
64. A public promotion of some product or service.

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