Crossword Puzzle Number 655 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The act of scanning.
5. Protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants.
10. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
13. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
14. Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales.
15. Step on it.
16. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
17. Heal or recover.
19. Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves.
21. A canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter.
23. An informal term for a father.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
33. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
36. The cry made by sheep.
37. A boy or man.
38. Divulge information or secrets.
39. A bachelor's degree in religion.
41. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
50. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
56. Type genus of the Anatidae.
59. Money in the form of bills or coins.
60. A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts.
61. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
62. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
63. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
64. By bad luck.

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1. Petty quarrel.
2. Large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters.
3. Lie adjacent to another.
4. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
5. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
6. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an informal term for `eye').
7. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
8. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
9. A public promotion of some product or service.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos.
12. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
18. A three-tone Chadic language.
20. A Hindu prince or king in India.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
31. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
34. Any of various units of capacity.
35. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
40. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
43. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
44. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
46. Obvious and dull.
47. Lower in esteem.
49. A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence.
50. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
52. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
53. The food served and eaten at one time.
54. A small cake leavened with yeast.
55. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
57. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
58. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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