Crossword Puzzle Number 6944 (Small Grid)

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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
5. The principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology.
10. Standard temperature and pressure.
13. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
14. A state in New England.
15. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
16. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
17. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
19. An isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time.
22. A wired or starched collar of intricate lace.
23. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
24. An associate degree in nursing.
25. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
29. A state in northwestern North America.
30. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A public promotion of some product or service.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
42. A small island.
44. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
45. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. By bad luck.
53. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
57. Indigo bush.
61. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
62. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
63. A folded part (as a fold of skin or muscle).
66. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
67. Status with respect to the relations between people or groups.
68. A hazy or indistinct representation.

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1. A branch of the Tai languages.
2. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
3. A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).
8. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
9. A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium.
10. Speaking a Slavic language.
11. Deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia.
12. Wood of a pecan tree.
18. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. An endorsement.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
31. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
32. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. Lower in esteem.
40. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
43. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
46. Being nine more than ninety.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
50. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
51. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
54. A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports.
55. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
56. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
58. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
59. Term of address for a man.
60. An associate degree in applied science.
64. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
65. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.

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