Crossword Puzzle Number 86 (Small Grid)

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1. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface).
9. Not open.
13. Not in good physical or mental health.
14. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
15. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
16. Disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
18. Having a claw or claws.
20. Alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae.
21. A resin used in adhesives and paints.
22. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
23. Affect with wonder.
26. Battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943).
29. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
33. Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
34. A highwayman who robs on foot.
36. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
39. An ancient Iranian language.
40. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
46. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
47. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
58. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
59. A covering to disguise or conceal the face.
60. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
61. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
62. A Loloish language.
63. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
64. A period of time spent sleeping.

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1. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. Divulge information or secrets.
4. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. A deep bow.
7. Being one more than three.
8. An enclosed space.
9. Showing deterioration from age.
10. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
11. United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981).
12. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
17. Perennial plants resembling yucca.
19. An ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
24. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
25. 100 agorot equal 1 shekel.
27. A book of the New Testament.
28. Influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804).
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. (the feminine of raja) A Hindu princess or the wife of a raja.
32. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
35. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the Dada movement (1896-1963).
37. A Powhatan Indian woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617).
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
44. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
45. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
48. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
49. Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.
50. The complete duration of something.
51. Characteristic of false pride.
52. Any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers.
53. Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities.
56. A doctor's degree in education.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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