Crossword Puzzle Number 1378 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. A flexible container with a single opening.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
15. The face of a timepiece.
16. A label made of cardboard or plastic or metal.
17. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. Lower in esteem.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
29. God of wealth and love.
32. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
43. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
45. 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.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. A dissolute man in fashionable society.
50. The eighth month of the civil year.
51. The quantity contained in a keg.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. An elaborate song for solo voice.
54. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
55. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

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1. Cry plaintively.
2. A small cake leavened with yeast.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. The probability of a specified outcome.
5. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. By bad luck.
10. A measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity or for testing conformity with a standard.
18. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
24. A master's degree in business.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
31. Extremely pleasing.
34. Type genus of the Gavidae.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
38. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
40. A city in northern India.
41. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
42. At or constituting a border or edge.
44. The month following March and preceding May.
46. A port in southwestern Scotland.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.

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