Crossword Puzzle Number 908 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Adopted in order to deceive.
5. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
9. A pilgrim who journeys to Mecca.
13. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
14. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
15. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
16. A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
18. A cry of sorrow and grief.
19. An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated.
22. A genus of Ploceidae.
24. A French abbot.
26. Showing fear and lack of confidence.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. Fiddler crabs.
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
37. (of time) Having passed or slipped by.
41. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
42. Jordan's port.
45. The leader of an Arab village or family.
46. A self-replicating protein molecule that occupies a fixed place on a chromosome.
47. A radioactive transuranic element.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
54. A United Nations agency to promote trade by increasing the exchange stability of the major currencies.
57. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
58. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
59. A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.
62. (Irish) The sea personified.
63. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
64. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
65. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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1. A long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge.
2. Any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets.
3. (archaic) Of persons.
4. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
5. Deeply moved.
6. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
7. United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927).
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
11. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
12. A small island.
20. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. Brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes.
23. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
25. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
27. A doctor's degree in music.
28. Made agreeably cold (especially by ice).
29. An informal term for a father.
31. Informal terms for a mother.
32. A Russian river.
33. Not only so, but.
38. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
39. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
40. A member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia).
43. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
44. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
49. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.
50. In bed.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
55. A master's degree in business.
56. Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
60. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
61. A public promotion of some product or service.

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