Crossword Puzzle Number 7508 (Small Grid)

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1. The compass point midway between south and southwest.
4. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
10. A period of time spent sleeping.
13. (informal) Of the highest quality.
14. Neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
18. A share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given.
19. Water frozen in the solid state.
20. A machine or person that adds.
22. Any competition.
24. A port city in southwestern Iran.
26. British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987).
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
31. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
33. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
37. God of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children.
40. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Black tropical American cuckoo.
44. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
52. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
56. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
57. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
58. Jordan's port.
59. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
63. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
65. Extremely pleasing.
66. Disabled in the feet or legs.
67. An anti-TNF compound (trade name Arava) that is given orally.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
2. The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale).
3. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye.
4. United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934).
5. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
6. Very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere.
7. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
8. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
9. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
10. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
11. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
12. A formal expression of praise.
17. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing.
21. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
27. Very dark black.
28. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
32. A fraudulent business scheme.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
38. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
39. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
47. The capital of Morocco.
49. Genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. Jordan's port.
53. A Loloish language.
54. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
55. A disorderly outburst or tumult.
60. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
61. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
62. A master's degree in fine arts.
64. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
65. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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