Crossword Puzzle Number 1341 (Small Grid)

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1. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
10. Bright and pleasant.
13. An elaborate song for solo voice.
14. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
15. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
16. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
18. Brittle flat bread eaten at Passover.
20. 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.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. British writer of short stories (1870-1916).
24. A Hindu prince or king in India.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
28. A bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women).
31. An elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
35. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
36. The villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife.
39. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
43. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
45. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. By bad luck.
52. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
55. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
57. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
61. God of fire.
62. Cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven.
65. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
66. A case for containing a set of articles.
68. On or toward the lee.
69. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
70. Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
71. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A person who has lied or who lies repeatedly.
4. A deliberately misleading fabrication.
5. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.
6. A master's degree in education.
7. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
8. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
9. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
10. An ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo.
11. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
12. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Blood-sucking African fly.
21. A genus of Platalea.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A bachelor's degree in science.
29. Type genus of the Anatidae.
30. A quantity of no importance.
32. Type genus of the Ranidae.
33. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
34. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
37. Offering fun and gaiety.
38. Using speech rather than writing.
41. Similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs.
42. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
44. The act of scanning.
49. A telegram sent abroad.
51. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
53. Armor plate that protects the chest.
54. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
56. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
58. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
59. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
60. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
63. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
64. The fatty flesh of eel.
67. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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