Crossword Puzzle Number 3081 (Small Grid)

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1. An artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto.
4. Any taillike structure.
9. A metal cleat on the bottom front of a horseshoe to prevent slipping.
13. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
14. Ludicrously odd.
15. A shade of blue tinged with green.
16. (Greek mythology) Greek god of war.
18. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
19. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
20. A member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas.
22. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
24. The cry made by sheep.
25. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
27. Atypically small.
29. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
35. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
37. An important seaport on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines.
40. The capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country.
41. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
44. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
45. Made warm or hot.
47. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
50. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
52. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
62. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
63. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
64. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
65. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
66. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
67. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
68. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.

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1. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
2. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
5. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
6. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
7. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
8. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
9. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
10. Jordan's port.
11. Of or relating to or associated with the moon.
12. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
17. The wife of a sheik.
21. 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 condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
28. A city in east central Texas.
30. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
31. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
32. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
38. Any of various units of capacity.
39. Fiddler crabs.
42. A genus of Malayan tree.
43. Any of various plants of the genus Althaea.
44. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
54. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
55. Most important element.
56. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
57. The bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service.
58. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
61. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

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