Crossword Puzzle Number 5278 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
10. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. Greek god of light.
15. (Babylonian) The sky god.
16. Changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose.
18. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
19. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
20. The eighth month of the civil year.
22. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
23. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
26. Not victorious.
28. A group of Finnic languages spoken around the Volga river.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates sperm-forming cells in male mammals.
31. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
32. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
37. That is to say.
40. Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence.
41. Greek mythology.
43. A Russian river.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
46. Chinese Taoist sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but also incorporating pantheism and sorcery.
49. How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.
54. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
55. A list of dishes available at a restaurant.
58. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
60. The bureau of the Treasury Department responsible for tax collections.
61. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
63. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
64. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
65. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
66. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.

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1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. A quantity of no importance.
3. A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).
4. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
5. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
6. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic.
7. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
8. Important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop.
9. An artificial language for international use that rejects rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas.
10. The mother-in-law of Ruth whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament.
11. A negatively charged atom.
12. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
17. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
21. Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868).
24. A genus of Ploceidae.
25. A linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing.
27. Wearing footgear.
29. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
34. A cooperative unit.
35. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
36. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
38. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
39. Australian rat kangaroos.
40. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets.
47. A drama set to music.
48. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
50. A republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland.
51. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
53. A lyric poet.
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
57. The bill in a restaurant.
59. An informal term for a father.
62. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.

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