Crossword Puzzle Number 2187 (Small Grid)

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1. An honorary degree in science.
4. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
10. The local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
15. An associate degree in applied science.
16. Irish patriot and a founder of the Sinn Fein (1865-1953).
18. Elongate very slender water scorpions.
20. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
23. The last (12th) month of the year.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits.
26. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
28. Being ten more than eighty.
29. Pertaining to or resembling amoebae.
31. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.
35. (British) A minicar used as a taxicab.
38. Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland.
39. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
41. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
42. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
53. Arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair.
56. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
58. United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878).
59. A period of 10 years.
60. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet.
61. (computer science) American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
64. The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
65. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
66. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
67. On or toward the lee.

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1. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).
3. Of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. An uproarious party.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. A small nail.
9. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
10. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. God of death.
12. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
17. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
19. Harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. An associate degree in nursing.
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
33. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
34. Black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas.
36. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
40. A decree that prohibits something.
43. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
44. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. Of greater importance or stature or rank.
47. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
48. A member of a nomadic people of the northern Ural mountains.
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
51. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
52. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
54. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
55. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
57. The act of drawing or hauling something.
62. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
63. A state in midwestern United States.

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