Crossword Puzzle Number 5353 (Small Grid)

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1. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.
5. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
10. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
13. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
14. Strike with disgust or revulsion.
15. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
16. A person who makes use of a thing.
17. A piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments.
19. Jordan's port.
21. A member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America.
23. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
26. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
27. Make amends for.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
34. Any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth gray bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs.
36. Having hair on the cheeks and chin.
37. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
39. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
40. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
42. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
45. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
50. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
53. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
56. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. Make amends for.
59. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
60. A large fleet.
62. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
63. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
64. The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
65. A byproduct of inflammation.

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1. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
2. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
3. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
4. Found along western Atlantic coast.
5. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
6. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
7. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
8. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
9. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
10. United States pharmacologist (born in Germany) who was the first to show that acetylcholine is produced at the junction between a parasympathetic nerve and a muscle (1873-1961).
11. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
12. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities.
18. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
20. The azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian.
22. Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
28. Endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys.
29. Not only so, but.
32. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
33. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
35. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
38. United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987).
41. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
43. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
44. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
46. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
51. Capital and largest city of Italy.
52. Group of people related by blood or marriage.
54. The eighth month of the civil year.
55. Gather, as of as crops.
57. An associate degree in applied science.
61. A public promotion of some product or service.

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