Crossword Puzzle Number 7575 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
5. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
10. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
13. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
14. Genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
16. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
18. Type genus of the Gavidae.
20. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
23. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
26. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
27. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
32. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
36. The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
40. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
48. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
53. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
56. A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy.
60. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
63. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
64. The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one.
65. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome.
67. An awkward stupid person.
68. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
69. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
70. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.

DOWN

1. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. Of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
7. The act of scanning.
8. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
9. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
10. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
11. An elaborate song for solo voice.
12. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
21. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
33. Exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health.
34. Slightly open.
35. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
37. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
44. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
46. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
47. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
49. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
51. Of or relating to or involving an area.
52. Minor or subordinate.
54. Type genus of the Amiidae.
55. Money in the form of bills or coins.
56. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
57. Beside one another in a row or rank.
58. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
59. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
61. The sixth day of the week.
62. (often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent.
66. A Mid-Atlantic state.

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