Crossword Puzzle Number 8058 (Small Grid)

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1. A thrusting blow with a knife.
5. Jordan's port.
10. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
13. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
14. A mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high).
15. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
16. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
17. Immediately past.
19. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
21. Inability to walk.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
26. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. Dearly loved.
38. The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes.
39. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
41. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
47. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
48. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
49. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
51. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
58. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
59. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
62. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. Jordan's port.
65. A notable achievement.
66. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
67. Port city in the United Arab Emirates on the Persian Gulf.
68. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Wearing footgear.
2. A member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay.
3. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
4. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
5. The sign language used in the United States.
6. Silklike nylon fabric.
7. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
10. Type genus of the Anatidae.
11. The capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island.
12. Enthusiastic approval.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A state in southeastern United States.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
34. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
39. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
40. The cry made by sheep.
43. (Arthurian legend) The most virtuous knight of the Round Table.
44. Step on it.
46. A state of Uganda and site of a former Bantu kingdom.
47. Type genus of the Anatidae.
50. East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense.
52. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
54. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
55. A Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man.
56. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
57. A quantity of no importance.
60. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
61. A light touch or stroke.

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