Crossword Puzzle Number 990 (Small Grid)

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1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
9. Long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
15. Advanced in years.
16. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
18. A harsh noise made by scraping.
19. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
23. Building material used as siding or roofing.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
30. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
33. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. An honorary law degree.
38. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
41. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
43. Not only so, but.
46. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
49. Jordan's port.
52. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
54. A mechanism in a firearm that ejects the empty shell case after firing.
58. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
59. A popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles.
62. A genus of Mustelidae.
63. The second day of the week.
64. Showing favoritism.
66. A device for creating a current of air by movement of a surface or surfaces.
67. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
68. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
69. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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1. The scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals.
2. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
3. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
4. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. A squeaking sound.
7. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
8. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
9. 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. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
11. A small Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and Tibet.
12. Swelling from excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue.
17. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
21. Type genus of the Percidae.
24. The hole that an anchor rope passes through.
25. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
31. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
36. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
37. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
39. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
40. Unknown god.
42. The state prevailing during the absence of war.
44. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
45. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
47. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
48. Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness.
50. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
51. A genus of Platalea.
53. Material used to daub walls.
55. Petty quarrel.
56. Toward the mouth or oral region.
57. Type genus of the Ranidae.
60. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
61. An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown.
65. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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