Crossword Puzzle Number 6948 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Little known Kamarupan languages.
5. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
10. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
13. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
14. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts.
17. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
19. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
20. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
21. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
22. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
25. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
31. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
34. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
38. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
39. Covered patchily.
41. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
48. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
51. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
53. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
54. The basic unit of money in Panama.
55. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
57. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
58. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
59. A tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled.
63. A thrusting blow with a knife.
64. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
65. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
2. Extremely robust.
3. A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion.
4. A person who does not acknowledge your God.
5. A city in northeastern Ohio.
6. (folklore) A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.
7. An associate degree in nursing.
8. Informal terms for a mother.
9. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
10. Covered with paving material.
11. A city in northwestern Syria.
12. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
18. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
26. Avatar of Vishnu.
27. Material used to daub walls.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
30. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
32. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. A Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea.
35. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
36. Liable to sin.
37. A trivial lie.
40. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
42. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
43. A light touch or stroke.
46. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
47. Jordan's port.
49. Having the slant of a bevel.
50. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
52. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
56. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
61. A doctor's degree in optometry.
62. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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