Crossword Puzzle Number 2861 (Small Grid)

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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. A descendent or heir.
9. Immediately past.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. A genus of Pyralidae.
15. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
16. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
17. Excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm.
18. World's longest river (4187 miles).
19. Type genus of the Otariidae.
21. Walk unsteadily, as of small children.
23. Possible to sell.
26. Serving as or forming a base.
29. The rattling noise produced when snoring.
32. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
33. Short and fat.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. (Old Testament) The minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them.
40. Filled with a great quantity.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
45. A New England state.
49. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. Read anew.
58. A master's degree in business.
59. A periodic paperback publication.
60. Timid by nature or revealing timidity.
61. A decree that prohibits something.
62. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
63. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A magic power or magic spell.
2. Singing jazz.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
5. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
6. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
7. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
8. (Sumerian and Akkadian) A demon personifying death.
9. United States tennis player (born in Czechoslovakia) who won several singles championships.
10. Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2.
11. Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
12. A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown.
20. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology.
22. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
24. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
25. Evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone.
27. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
28. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
30. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
31. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
34. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
37. Bring to light.
38. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
39. A percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators.
40. Structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.
41. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
48. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
50. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
51. Powdery starch from certain sago palms.
52. Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology.
53. Characteristic of false pride.
56. Rate of revolution of a motor.
57. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.

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