Crossword Puzzle Number 3558 (Small Grid)

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1. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
5. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
9. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
13. English essayist (1775-1834).
14. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
15. A slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
17. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
19. Genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A field of cultivated and mowed grass.
31. How long something has existed.
34. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
35. Egyptian statesman who became president in 1981 after Sadat was assassinated (born in 1929).
38. Being one more than two.
39. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
42. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
44. A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses.
45. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
50. A Hindu prince or king in India.
54. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
56. Not in operation or operational.
58. Toward the mouth or oral region.
59. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
60. A large fleet.
63. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
64. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).

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1. Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. The basic unit of money in Iran.
4. Of or relating to Fabianism.
5. A town twenty miles east of Rome (Tibur is the ancient name).
6. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
7. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
8. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
9. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
10. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
11. A Spanish river.
12. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks.
20. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
21. A mountain range in northern Kashmir.
23. Before noon.
25. Largest known toad species.
26. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
27. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
28. One of the two main branches of orthodox Islam.
29. A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.
30. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
32. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. Jordan's port.
37. The cry made by sheep.
40. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
41. The basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999).
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. Located at or near the back of an animal.
47. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
49. A member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast.
51. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
52. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
57. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
61. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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