Crossword Puzzle Number 5717 (Small Grid)

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1. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
4. A small inflamed elevation of skin that is nonsuppurative (as in chicken pox).
10. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
13. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
14. Any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers.
15. (prefix) Coming before or being preliminary or preparatory.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle.
19. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922).
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
27. A quantity of no importance.
28. (computer science) A graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface.
32. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
35. A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande.
37. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
38. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
40. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
42. Reduce to lay status.
44. United States artist whose work reflected social and political themes (1898-1969).
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
50. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
54. (Welsh myth) The other world.
57. Misery resulting from affliction.
58. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins.
61. (Greek mythology) The winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology.
62. Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye.
63. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
64. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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1. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
2. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. A sudden numbing dread.
5. A port city in southwestern Iran.
6. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
7. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
8. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
9. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
10. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
11. (informal) Exceptionally good.
12. English monk and scholar (672-735).
18. A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
20. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
21. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
29. The basic unit of money in Ghana.
30. The probability of a specified outcome.
31. The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
34. Chief port of Yemen.
36. Type genus of the Amiidae.
39. Made uninhabitable.
40. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
41. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
43. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
45. The capital city of Vietnam.
46. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
51. In bed.
52. A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface.
53. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
55. A trivial lie.
56. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
59. 1/10 gram.
60. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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