Crossword Puzzle Number 855 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere v 1.
10. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
13. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
14. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. The herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis.
17. Bar temporarily.
19. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
21. Of or resembling algae.
23. A motley assortment of things.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. Not out.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
35. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
44. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
45. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. Before noon.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
55. An associate degree in nursing.
57. Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds.
61. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
63. Large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes.
65. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
69. At a previous time.
70. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
71. The compass point midway between northeast and east.

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1. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Young eel.
4. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
5. Sour or bitter in taste.
6. A light touch or stroke.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A genus of Mustelidae.
9. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
10. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
11. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.
12. One-hundredth of a right angle.
18. (informal British usage) Aggravation or aggression.
20. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
22. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
28. Marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.
32. The capital of Western Samoa.
33. Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
36. The clock time given by a clock carried on board a spacecraft.
37. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
38. A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold.
41. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
46. A city in east central Texas.
48. Enthusiastic approval.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
51. A civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt.
53. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
54. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
56. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940).
59. Earn on some commercial or business transaction.
60. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
62. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
64. The seventh and last day of the week.
66. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
67. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.

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