Crossword Puzzle Number 7969 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).
10. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface.
13. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
14. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
15. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
16. A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc.
18. A Mid-Atlantic state.
20. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
21. Filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock.
23. An informal term for a father.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. An associate degree in nursing.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
34. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
37. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
39. Having help.
42. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
46. An enclosed space.
47. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A light touch or stroke.
51. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
53. Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701).
54. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
58. A radioactive transuranic element.
59. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
61. Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.
63. Bark in a high-pitched tone.
65. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
68. Jordan's port.
69. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
70. The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races.
72. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
73. Hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women.
74. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
75. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
2. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
3. A tiny or scarcely detectable amount.
4. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
7. An honorary degree in science.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
10. English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882).
11. (of pain or sorrow) Made easier to bear.
12. Mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. An island of central Hawaii.
22. 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.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
26. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
30. The cry made by sheep.
33. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
35. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
36. Type genus of the Anatidae.
38. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
43. A young woman.
44. (psychology) An urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object.
45. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
50. Related to or located at the back.
52. Someone who skis.
53. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
55. Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980).
56. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
57. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
60. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
61. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
62. Avatar of Vishnu.
64. Having only superficial plausibility.
66. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
67. Belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself).
71. A state in north central United States.

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