Crossword Puzzle Number 3290 (Small Grid)

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1. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. Type genus of the Alcedinidae.
10. The sound made by a cow or bull.
13. Having leadership guidance.
14. Having two axes.
15. The month following March and preceding May.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
18. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
19. Any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup.
21. Informal terms for a mother.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
27. A festival featuring African-American culture.
31. Done or occurring in a brief period of time.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. A quantity of no importance.
39. A skilled worker who coats articles with a film of metal (usually silver or gold).
41. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down v 1.
44. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
49. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
56. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
59. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
60. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
61. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
62. A member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries.
63. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
64. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
65. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.

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1. By bad luck.
2. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
3. The sixth month of the civil year.
4. A member of the Circassian people living east of the Black Sea.
5. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
6. The sound made by corvine birds.
7. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
8. The capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal.
9. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
10. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
20. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834).
22. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
24. 10 grams.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip).
29. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
30. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
32. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
33. A material effigy that is worshipped as a god.
34. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
44. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
45. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. Lower in esteem.
49. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
50. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
51. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
52. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
53. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
54. The 4th planet from the sun.
55. A French abbot.
57. One ten thousandth of a centner.
58. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

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