Crossword Puzzle Number 2209 (Small Grid)

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1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. An inn in some Eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans.
9. A town in north central Oklahoma.
13. God of love and erotic desire.
14. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
15. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
16. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
17. Divulge information or secrets.
18. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
19. One of three artisans of the gods.
21. A Russian river.
22. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
32. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
35. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
40. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
42. Jordan's port.
45. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
47. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
48. A member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Mohammed.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
54. United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999).
57. Capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River.
59. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
60. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
63. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
64. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
65. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
67. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
68. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
69. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
70. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. The sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe v 1.
2. A hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons).
3. At full speed.
4. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
5. The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.
6. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
7. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. Tag the base runner to get him out.
9. Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
10. A quantity of no importance.
11. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
12. Fallow deer.
20. An associate degree in applied science.
23. A Greek island west of Greece.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
30. A boy or man.
31. A doctor's degree in education.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
34. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
36. A river in eastern France.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
43. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
44. By bad luck.
49. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
51. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
53. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
55. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
56. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
58. The basic unit of money on Malta.
61. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
62. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
66. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.

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