Crossword Puzzle Number 1709 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
11. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
12. Fallow deer.
13. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
14. Singing jazz.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. Step on it.
18. God of love and erotic desire.
19. After noon.
21. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
24. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
25. (informal) Of the highest quality.
28. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. (Greek mythology) A woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena.
42. Take in solid food.
46. Framework for holding objects.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. Extremely pleasing.
51. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
52. A small cake leavened with yeast.
53. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.

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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
6. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. An ancient Hebrew unit of dry measure equal to about a bushel.
9. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
10. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
15. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
22. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
23. A telegram sent abroad.
26. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
27. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
31. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
32. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
33. A protective structure resembling a scale.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
39. Lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. A Loloish language.
43. The bill in a restaurant.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. A small piece of cloth.
46. Before noon.

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