Crossword Puzzle Number 1295 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
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. A lawman concerned with narcotics violations.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. An unforeseen obstacle.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
26. Jordan's port.
29. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
32. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
33. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
45. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
49. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
50. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
51. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
52. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
53. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. Being one more than ninety.
56. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
7. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
18. An awkward and inexperienced youth.
20. A native of ancient Troy.
23. God of death.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
27. Unknown god.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
39. An elaborate song for solo voice.
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A small piece of cloth.
42. A mythical Greek hero.
43. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
46. A master's degree in business.
47. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
48. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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