Crossword Puzzle Number 1437 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. In bed.
5. (Irish) Ancient Irish god (probably a god of the sun).
8. The act of using.
11. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
14. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
15. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
16. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
17. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
19. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
23. A young woman making her debut into society.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
27. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
31. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. The sign language used in the United States.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
46. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
47. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A unit of pressure.
52. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
53. A light touch or stroke.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
56. 1,000,000,000 periods per second.

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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. Very dark black.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. A roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building.
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
8. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
18. A large fleet.
20. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
25. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
30. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
32. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
39. Stalk of a moss capsule.
40. Young sheep.
41. Before noon.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Fallow deer.
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
50. Before noon.
51. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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