Crossword Puzzle Number 6599 (Small Grid)

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1. According to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions).
4. A Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram.
10. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
13. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
14. The civil and religious leader of a Muslim state.
15. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
16. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
17. A card game for 2 players.
18. Used of a single unit or thing.
19. High quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
21. Deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare.
25. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
29. A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
33. Hard to endure.
36. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
39. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
40. A fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together.
43. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers.
46. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.
48. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
57. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
59. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
61. A telegram sent abroad.
62. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
63. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
66. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
67. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.

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1. Type genus of the Phocidae.
2. A mechanism that can move automatically.
3. The sound made by a horse.
4. A large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
7. (Irish) The sea personified.
8. Being in a tense state.
9. (biology) Shed at an early stage of development.
10. By bad luck.
11. (Norse mythology) Race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir.
12. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
20. The compass point that is one point north of northeast.
22. An annual award for outstanding achievements in television.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
27. Extremely robust.
28. Affected manners intended to impress others.
30. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
34. Negation of a word or group of words.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
41. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
42. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
44. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
52. Drive away by crying "shoo!".
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. In bed.
55. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
56. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
58. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
60. The month following January and preceding March.
64. Informal terms for a mother.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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