Crossword Puzzle Number 2450 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
9. The quantity a cask will hold.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Of or relating to or involving an area.
15. Chief port of Yemen.
16. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
17. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
18. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
19. (Old Testament) The fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
21. A card game for 2 players.
23. An associate degree in applied science.
25. Tag the base runner to get him out.
26. The act of rising upward into the air.
29. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. A rounded thickly curled hairdo.
35. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Cut off from a whole.
40. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
42. Lower in esteem.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
50. (electronics) Of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input.
51. United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971).
55. A woman of refinement.
59. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
60. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
63. (computer science) Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed.
64. Being one more than nine.
65. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
66. A member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana.

DOWN

1. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
2. Relatively small fast-moving sloth.
3. With no effort to conceal.
4. Boiled or baked buckwheat.
5. A human limb.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. A lake in northwestern Russia.
9. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
11. A subdivision of a larger religious group.
12. Hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella.
20. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
27. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge.
33. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
34. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
42. A human limb.
43. Lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics.
44. A port city in southwestern Iran.
45. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
48. Related on the mother's side.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals.
54. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
56. The sound made by a cow or bull.
57. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
58. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. Before noon.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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