Crossword Puzzle Number 6953 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A sodium salt of carbonic acid.
5. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
10. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
14. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula.
18. A fraudulent business scheme.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
20. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
23. Before noon.
26. Not reflecting light.
29. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants.
35. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
37. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
38. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
41. Black tropical American cuckoo.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
46. French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524).
49. East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit.
53. A broom made of twigs tied together on a long handle.
57. Agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central and South America and West Indies.
59. A lump of material formed from the content of a liquid.
60. A quantity of no importance.
63. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
64. Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776).
65. Showing or causing joy and pleasure.
66. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
3. A small replica of a person.
4. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
5. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
6. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
7. Framework for holding objects.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
10. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
11. The capital of Western Samoa.
12. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
17. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
22. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
27. A primeval personification of air and breath.
28. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
30. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
32. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
33. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
34. Largest known toad species.
36. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
39. (used of animals especially a horse) Of a moderate reddish-brown color n 1.
40. Found along western Atlantic coast.
42. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
45. A member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (Northern Paiute and Southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in southwestern United States.
47. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. A low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water.
50. An Eskimo hut.
51. A textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile v 1.
52. A unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
54. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
55. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
56. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
58. A slight amount or degree of difference.
59. Being nine more than forty.
61. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
62. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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