Crossword Puzzle Number 5805 (Small Grid)

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1. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
4. 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.
10. Inquire about.
13. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
14. A conversation between two persons.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
18. Expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again.
22. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
23. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
28. A strong paper or thin cardboard with a smooth light brown finish made from e.g. Manila hemp.
32. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
34. (informal) Roused to anger.
35. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
36. An Anatolian language.
39. A ridge that forms a seam between two parts.
40. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
42. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
54. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
57. A small cake leavened with yeast.
58. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
59. The Dravidian language spoken by the Kolam people in central India.
61. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
62. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
63. (horseshoes) The throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stake.
64. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
2. United States designer noted for an innovative series of chairs (1907-1978).
3. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
4. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. Follower of Rastafarianism.
7. Any high mountain.
8. A unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second.
9. How long something has existed.
10. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
17. An instinctive motive.
21. (plate tectonic theory) A hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
24. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. Type genus of the Amiidae.
27. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
29. Automatic data processing in which data acquisition and other stages or processing are integrated into a coherent system.
30. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
31. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
33. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
37. In bed.
38. A procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file.
41. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
42. A long-playing phonograph record.
43. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
44. Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. An ancient city in northern Portugal.
48. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
52. Flat and uninspiring.
55. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
56. A tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle.
60. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.

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