Crossword Puzzle Number 5735 (Small Grid)

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1. A federally chartered savings bank.
4. The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical.
9. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
13. (Irish) The sea personified.
14. Very attentive or observant.
15. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
18. Type genus of the Majidae.
19. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
23. Lower in esteem.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. Fiddler crabs.
40. A neutral middle vowel.
44. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
49. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
54. Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse.
57. 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.
58. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
59. A parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections.
61. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
62. The longest division of geological time.
63. (computer science) Indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display.
64. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.

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1. An embarrassing mistake.
2. Stalk of a moss capsule.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. Surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments.
6. A master's degree in education.
7. Goddess of fate.
8. A thrusting blow with a knife.
9. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
12. Jordan's port.
20. An informal term for a father.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
29. The last (12th) month of the year.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth.
34. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. Employed in accomplishing something.
36. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
37. (British) Your grandmother.
39. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
41. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
43. Noisy talk.
45. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
46. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
47. An area that includes seats for several people.
48. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
50. Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548).
51. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
52. Little known Kamarupan languages.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A United Nations agency that invest directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors.
56. A former French coin of low denomination.
60. A lustrous gray strong metallic element resembling titanium.

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