Crossword Puzzle Number 5775 (Small Grid)

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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
10. A periodic paperback publication.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people.
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971.
19. An industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula.
21. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
22. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
23. Any of several plants of the genus Camassia.
25. Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner.
27. The act of scanning.
29. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
36. An East Indian sailor.
38. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
40. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
41. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
45. The capital of Croatia.
47. Jordan's port.
54. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
58. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
59. Opinion or judgment.
60. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
61. Fiddler crabs.
62. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
63. Russian country house.
64. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

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1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
4. A series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep.
5. Tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit.
6. Devoid of warmth and cordiality.
7. Monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
8. In accordance with nature.
9. Being nine more than forty.
10. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
11. A French abbot.
12. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
18. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
24. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
26. Port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay.
28. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
30. The highest level or degree attainable.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
32. A capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring.
35. A blind god.
37. In an unfortunate way.
42. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Cause to be embarrassed.
48. Knock unconscious or senseless.
49. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
50. God of love and erotic desire.
51. Praise, glorify, or honor.
52. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
53. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
55. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
56. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
57. Being one hundred more than two hundred.

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