Crossword Puzzle Number 5561 (Small Grid)

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1. A light touch or stroke.
4. A corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages.
9. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
15. The sixth month of the civil year.
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
18. (Babylonian) Goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta.
19. Elegant and stylish.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea.
23. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
27. A Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
33. A motley assortment of things.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
36. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
37. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
42. A state in northwestern North America.
45. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
46. Hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
54. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
55. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
58. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
59. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
60. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.
61. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
65. Jordan's port.
66. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.

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1. Fallow deer.
2. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
3. The cry made by sheep.
4. Modulation of the frequency of the (radio) carrier wave.
5. Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835).
6. (Welsh) A warrior god.
7. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
8. Of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain.
9. Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog.
10. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
11. Characteristic of false pride.
12. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
17. Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. The brightest star in Orion.
25. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
28. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
30. Related to or located at the back.
31. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
32. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
35. (informal) Exceptionally good.
38. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
39. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
41. A master's degree in business.
43. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
44. Walk or tramp about.
47. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
48. God of the Underworld.
49. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
50. A small cake leavened with yeast.
52. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
53. South African term for `boss'.
56. The basic unit of money in Albania.
57. Tag the base runner to get him out.
59. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
62. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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