Crossword Puzzle Number 2770 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
13. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
14. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
15. A city in northern India.
16. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
17. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
22. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
25. Brief episode in which the brain gets insufficient blood supply.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
32. Enthusiastic approval.
38. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
40. Not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course.
41. Blatant or sensational promotion.
42. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
43. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
45. Wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting.
48. A city in east central Texas.
51. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
54. Unknown god.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
59. (Irish) The sea personified.
60. Gracefully slender.
61. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
62. A doctor's degree in education.
63. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
64. The cry made by sheep.

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1. An informal term for a father.
2. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
3. The basic unit of money in Ethiopia.
4. An addition that extends a main building.
5. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs.
6. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
7. Appeal or request earnestly.
8. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
12. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
20. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
23. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
24. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
26. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
27. (prefix) Indicating difference or variation.
30. The habitation of wild animals.
31. The products of human creativity.
33. (British abbreviation) "he accepted it on appro".
34. An account describing incidents or events.
35. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
36. An iconic mental representation.
37. Flat and uninspiring.
39. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
44. Cause to be embarrassed.
46. Jordan's port.
47. Greek mythology.
49. In bed.
50. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
51. (combining form) Former.
52. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
53. Fallow deer.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
56. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
57. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
58. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.

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