Crossword Puzzle Number 693 (Small Grid)

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1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. The fourth month of the Hindu calendar.
9. Very dark black.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal.
15. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
16. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
17. Put out or expel from a place.
18. Of or relating to near the ear.
19. A port town on the Atlantic coast of Portugal southeast of Lisbon.
22. Any of various cycads of the genus Zamia.
24. Punished by the imposition of a penalty.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. A steerable self-propelled airship.
35. One who works hard at boring tasks.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
38. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
42. An associate degree in applied science.
44. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
55. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
57. Building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating.
58. The sixth month of the civil year.
59. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
60. An informal term for a father.
61. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
62. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. The central area of a church.
3. Singing jazz.
4. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
5. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
6. Congenital absence of an arm or leg.
7. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
8. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
9. A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people.
10. A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra.
11. Of a yellow-green color similar to that of an unripe olive n 1.
12. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
20. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
21. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
23. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
26. Heal or recover.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
33. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
34. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
36. Gull family.
39. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
40. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
41. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
43. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
45. An elaborate song for solo voice.
46. A baton used by a magician or water diviner.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
50. English monk and scholar (672-735).
53. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
54. The cry made by sheep.
56. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.

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