Crossword Puzzle Number 553 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An Indian unit of length having different values in different localities.
4. A member of the eastern branch of the Sioux.
10. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
13. The second larges of the four main islands of Japan.
14. Discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.
15. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
16. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels.
17. The capital of the Bahamas.
18. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
19. Squash bugs.
21. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
23. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. The state of owing money.
34. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
36. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
40. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
42. A deep bow.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. God of love and erotic desire.
55. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
57. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
59. Make amends for.
60. A port city in southwestern Iran.
62. Being one more than two.
63. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves.
64. A workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold.
65. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
3. The comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young.
7. Infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves.
8. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
9. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
12. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
20. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
24. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
26. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
27. By bad luck.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
29. Adopted in order to deceive.
31. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. Suggestive of the supernatural.
35. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
38. The cry made by sheep.
41. An associate degree in applied science.
43. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
44. The absolute unit of pressure equal to one dyne per square centimeter.
45. Jordan's port.
48. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
51. Produced by a manufacturing process.
52. The sixth month of the civil year.
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. Type genus of the Majidae.
56. Extremely pleasing.
58. Being two more than fifty.
61. A Mid-Atlantic state.

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