Crossword Puzzle Number 2496 (Small Grid)

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1. An antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
14. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
15. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
16. Sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds.
17. A bluish shade of green.
18. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
21. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.
23. Lying toward or situated in the east.
24. A signal transmitted along a narrow path.
25. The square of a body of any size of type.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
30. Enlarged prostate.
35. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
41. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
42. A state in midwestern United States.
43. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
45. A constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo and the Malay Peninsula.
50. Squash bugs.
55. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
56. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
58. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
59. An informal debt instrument.
60. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
62. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
63. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
64. An obvious truth.
65. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.

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1. Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
2. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
3. Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel).
4. Not established by conditioning or learning.
5. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
6. Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers.
7. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
8. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
9. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
10. A country on western coast of Africa.
11. Heal or recover.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
20. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
22. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
29. Any competition.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. Pertaining to animals or animal life or action.
36. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. The sacred city of Lamaism.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. 1 species.
46. A negatively charged atom.
47. Type genus of the Laridae.
48. An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing.
49. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
51. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
52. A strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared.
53. English monk and scholar (672-735).
54. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
57. United States architect (born in China in 1917).
58. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
61. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.

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