Crossword Puzzle Number 1486 (Small Grid)

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1. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
5. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. A fee charged for exchanging currencies.
14. Flat tableland with steep edges.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. A polite name for any woman.
17. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
18. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
19. The basic monetary unit in many countries.
21. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
23. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
24. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. A French abbot.
33. The front limb of a quadruped.
36. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
42. Tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. A Brazilian river.
51. Indigo bush.
55. Two items of the same kind.
56. Very dark black.
59. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
60. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.
61. Jordan's port.
63. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
64. Type genus of the Anatidae.
65. (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) Optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light.
66. A doctor's degree in education.

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1. Young of domestic cattle.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. Large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances.
4. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975).
5. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the System International d'Unites.
6. The sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage.
7. One thousandth of a second.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
28. A small nail.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. A fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait and Southern Yemen and Yemen.
31. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
32. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
34. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
45. Of or relating to or involving an area.
46. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
49. The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
50. Fallow deer.
52. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
53. A town in north central Oklahoma.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. An association of countries in the western hemisphere.
58. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
62. A colorless and odorless inert gas.

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