Crossword Puzzle Number 1539 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
11. Taken or to be taken at random.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
14. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Being five more than one hundred fifty.
25. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Informal terms for a mother.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
39. Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
43. A Hindu prince or king in India.
47. Cause annoyance in.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. A local computer network for communication between computers.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
54. A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.
55. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
56. A human limb.
57. An associate degree in applied science.

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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
5. Extremely pleasing.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
9. Offering fun and gaiety.
10. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A master's degree in business.
19. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
21. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
22. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
28. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
33. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
35. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
41. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
42. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
44. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
45. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
46. Type genus of the Anatidae.
49. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
50. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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