Crossword Puzzle Number 1021 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
4. Highly excited.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
14. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
15. In bed.
16. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
31. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
32. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
35. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels.
40. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
46. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
47. A master's degree in business.
48. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
49. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
50. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.

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1. A long flag.
2. English monk and scholar (672-735).
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
10. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
18. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
20. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
22. Offering fun and gaiety.
25. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
26. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
27. Being nine more than ninety.
28. A state in New England.
30. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. A city in central New York.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. South African term for `boss'.
41. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
42. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
43. An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning.
44. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
45. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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