Crossword Puzzle Number 7340 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A slight indication.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. A French abbot.
13. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
14. The basic unit of money in Botswana.
15. Not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances.
16. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
17. Speaking a Slavic language.
18. The time during which someone's life continues.
19. Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
21. Water scorpions.
23. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression).
26. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
27. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
28. A small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear.
32. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
35. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
37. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
38. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
40. A state in northwestern North America.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
45. Expected hopefully.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
49. 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.
50. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
54. An embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt.
58. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
60. Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk.
63. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
64. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
67. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
68. A particular environment or walk of life.
69. The work of caring for or attending to someone or something.

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1. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
2. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
3. Bearded reddish sheep of southern Asia.
4. One of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm.
5. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
6. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
7. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
8. A warning against certain acts.
9. Small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa.
10. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
11. Common Indian weaverbird.
12. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
20. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
22. Decrease gradually or bit by bit.
24. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. Any of various small biting flies.
30. An instinctive motive.
31. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
33. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
34. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
36. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. Indian religious leader who founded Sikhism (1469-1538).
41. A festival featuring African-American culture.
44. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
51. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
52. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
53. Slightly open.
55. Informal terms for a mother.
56. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
57. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
59. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
61. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
62. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
63. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
65. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.

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