Crossword Puzzle Number 1496 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
4. Type genus of the Nepidae.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. Not only so, but.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. The fatty flesh of eel.
15. A city in northern India.
16. United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829).
17. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
19. All the plant and animal life of a particular region.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
25. Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay).
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. A bachelor's degree in architecture.
38. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. A woolen cap of Scottish origin.
47. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
49. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
52. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).

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1. Plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves.
2. Someone who copies the words or behavior of another.
3. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
4. City in Sudan.
5. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
6. (in golf) The standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. A magic power or magic spell.
9. Singing jazz.
10. Common Indian weaverbird.
18. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
20. Constituting the undiminished entirety.
22. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
27. A Russian river.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A licensed medical practitioner.
32. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
33. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
39. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
41. A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.
44. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. A doctor's degree in education.
48. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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