Crossword Puzzle Number 5325 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
4. The 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
9. Temporary living quarters.
13. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
14. Steal goods.
15. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
16. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
18. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
19. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Treat with excessive indulgence.
24. Artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time.
27. When dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls.
30. Extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. God of the Underworld.
38. Considerate and solicitous care.
40. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
42. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
45. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
47. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
51. A public promotion of some product or service.
55. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
56. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
60. A Bantu language spoken in southern Zaire.
61. In bed.
62. A quantity of no importance.
63. A city of central China.
64. A small cake leavened with yeast.
65. The biblical name for ancient Syria.

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1. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
2. Informal terms for a (young) woman.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
7. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers.
8. United States astronomer (1835-1909).
9. An ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty.
10. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
11. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
12. A unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold.
17. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. Large high frilly cap with a full crown.
28. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
29. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
31. A port in western Israel on the Mediterranean.
32. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
33. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
35. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
39. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
41. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
43. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
44. Relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area.
46. A genus of Ploceidae.
48. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
52. The eighth month of the civil year.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War.
59. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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