Crossword Puzzle Number 683 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
4. Wood of a sumac.
9. Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting.
13. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
14. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Or or relating to or caused by tides.
19. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
21. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs.
23. The square of a body of any size of type.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. Shabby and untidy.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
34. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas.
39. A motley assortment of things.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
46. A state in New England.
48. Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
54. A person who participates in a meeting.
57. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
61. Step on it.
62. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
63. A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola.
64. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
65. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
66. Loose temporary stitches.
67. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.

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1. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. The eighth month of the civil year.
4. Fill to satisfaction.
5. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
6. Used in combination to denote the middle.
7. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. An oil port in southern Iraq.
10. Thrown into a state of agitated confusion.
11. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
12. Remaining after all deductions.
20. Short and fat.
22. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
24. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
27. A sudden very loud noise.
28. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
29. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
32. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
33. Any loose flowing garment.
36. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
38. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
40. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961).
47. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
48. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
49. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
50. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
52. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
53. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
55. A genus of Mustelidae.
56. Having been read.
58. A bachelor's degree in theology.
59. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
60. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
61. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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