Crossword Puzzle Number 7228 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Wool of the alpaca.
10. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
13. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
14. A native of ancient Troy.
15. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
16. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
18. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich agricultural area.
19. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
20. A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
22. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
24. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. Serving as or forming a base.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
37. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
39. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
40. Jordan's port.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
46. Bar temporarily.
48. A state in New England.
49. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
51. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
56. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
60. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
61. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
62. The quarter of many European cities in which Jews are required to live.
66. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
67. The longest division of geological time.
68. Pertaining to or near the sun.
69. A unit of pressure.
70. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
71. The capital of Turkey.
72. A zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo.

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1. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
2. Affected manners intended to impress others.
3. A sudden very loud noise.
4. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
5. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
6. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
9. Black tropical American cuckoo.
10. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
25. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
28. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
29. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
34. Gone by.
35. A decree that prohibits something.
38. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
41. A short high tone produced as a signal or warning.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
47. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
50. A republic on the west coast of Africa.
53. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
54. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
55. 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.
57. A Russian river.
58. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
59. Indicating the most important performer or role.
63. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
64. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
65. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.

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