Crossword Puzzle Number 952 (Small Grid)

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1. (astronomy) A measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion.
4. The wife of a sheik.
10. The sign language used in the United States.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Some point in the air.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
16. A chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean.
18. Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body.
19. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
20. A landlocked republic in eastern Africa.
22. Capital and largest city of Cuba.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration.
27. Someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art.
30. Small genus of Eurasian herbs.
33. A large fleet.
35. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
36. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.
37. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
41. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
44. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
47. Being ten more than one hundred forty.
48. Adult female chicken.
49. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
55. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
56. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
59. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
60. Armor plate that protects the chest.
61. Jordan's port.
63. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
64. The outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges.
65. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
66. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands.
2. A small amount of residue.
3. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
4. Smeared with something that soils or stains.
5. An expression of greeting.
6. A doctor's degree in education.
7. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
8. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
9. A passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement.
10. A city in northern India.
11. The act of scanning.
12. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
17. A genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples).
21. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
23. A sails-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere near Carina.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
28. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
29. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
31. The dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia.
32. A French abbot.
34. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
39. A Dravidian language spoken in southern India.
40. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
42. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
43. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
45. A city in southeastern South Korea.
46. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
50. Large European dormouse.
51. The sixth month of the civil year.
52. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
53. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
54. God of love and erotic desire.
57. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
58. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
59. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
62. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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