Crossword Puzzle Number 2558 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. A wealthy man (who made his fortune in the Orient).
15. A French abbot.
16. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
17. A slap with the flat of the hand.
18. Having been read.
19. A medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck.
21. (Chinese and Japanese) Treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body.
23. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
24. One who works hard at boring tasks.
25. The square of a body of any size of type.
26. (sometimes followed by `of') Having or showing realization or perception.
29. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
31. Especially one side of a leaf.
34. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
37. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.
38. A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers.
42. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. Dyed with henna.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
48. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
56. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
59. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
61. A large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet.
63. South African term for `boss'.
64. (computer science) A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
65. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
66. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.

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1. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. (sports) Not offside.
5. Wood of any of various maple trees.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. The largest of the four main islands of Japan.
8. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
9. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
10. Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
11. Lower in esteem.
12. Evergreen shrubs of north temperate regions.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
22. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
27. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
32. Acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales.
33. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
35. Liquid excretory product.
36. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
39. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
40. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
41. An associate degree in nursing.
43. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
45. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
50. A Loloish language.
51. Pasta shaped like pearls of barley.
52. A city in northern India.
53. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
54. Loose or flaccid body fat.
55. Flat tableland with steep edges.
57. A flexible container with a single opening.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
60. The cry made by sheep.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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