Crossword Puzzle Number 2276 (Small Grid)

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1. Slow to learn or understand.
5. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
13. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
14. The act of drawing or hauling something.
15. A short musical composition with words.
16. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
17. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
18. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
19. (Old Testament) The second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
34. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
37. Type genus of the Balaenidae.
38. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
40. An important person in India.
41. In bed.
42. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
43. Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.
47. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
51. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
55. An associate degree in applied science.
56. A master's degree in business.
57. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
59. A hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland that controls the degree of pigmentation in melanocytes.
60. The fatty flesh of eel.
61. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
62. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.

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1. Sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa.
2. Goddess of dawn.
3. One thousandth of a second.
4. The Creator.
5. Basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. Hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum.
8. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male.
9. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
10. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
11. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
12. A cruel wicked and inhuman person.
20. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
23. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
25. An outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals.
26. Food for domestic livestock.
27. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
28. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
30. God of war and sky.
32. (law) A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
33. Roman scholar (116-27 BC).
35. Jordan's port.
36. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
39. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
44. A French abbot.
45. The food served and eaten at one time.
46. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
48. God of love and erotic desire.
49. Uttering in an irritated tone.
50. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
52. The sound made by a cow or bull.
53. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
54. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. Before noon.

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