Crossword Puzzle Number 1487 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of various units of capacity.
4. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
7. A speech defect that involves pronouncing s like voiceless th and z like voiced th.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities.
13. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
14. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
15. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
17. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. Jordan's port.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
37. Before noon.
38. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
39. A light touch or stroke.
42. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
45. The sixth month of the civil year.
50. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
53. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

DOWN

1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
5. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
6. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. A long-playing phonograph record.
8. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
16. Informal terms for a mother.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
26. A state in northwestern North America.
27. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
29. An honorary law degree.
30. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A small cake leavened with yeast.
44. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
46. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
47. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
48. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
49. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
50. Before noon.

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