Crossword Puzzle Number 780 (Small Grid)

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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. A large fleet.
10. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
13. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
14. A cylindrical drawstring bag used by sailors to hold their clothing and other gear.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. An ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle.
18. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
19. Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958).
21. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
33. Tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
35. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
37. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. A Chadic language spoken in Chad.
42. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
43. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
46. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
47. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
49. Having help.
53. The residue that remains when something is burned.
54. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
58. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
59. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
60. Render capable or able for some task.
62. Support resembling the rib of an animal.
63. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
64. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
65. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.

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1. German industrialist who was the first in Germany to use an assembly line in manufacturing automobiles (1871-1948).
2. An informal term for a father.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
5. A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
6. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
7. Little known Kamarupan languages.
8. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
11. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
20. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama.
27. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
28. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
29. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
30. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
31. A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
32. Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
34. South African term for `boss'.
36. Inability to walk.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Having a back or backing, usually of a specified type.
42. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
44. State in northeastern India.
45. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
48. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
50. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
51. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
52. United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926).
55. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
56. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
57. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
61. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.

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