Crossword Puzzle Number 1486 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. How long something has existed.
11. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. A boy or man.
14. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
16. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. Before noon.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
34. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. A sudden short attack.
37. A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
43. (informal) A witty amusing person who makes jokes.
47. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
50. On or toward the lee.
51. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
52. A flexible container with a single opening.
53. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
54. After noon.

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1. Block consisting of a thick piece of something.
2. A German man.
3. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
4. The sciences concerned with gathering and manipulating and storing and retrieving and classifying recorded information.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
15. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
22. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
26. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
37. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. The last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries.
40. An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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