Crossword Puzzle Number 1712 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
7. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
11. Type genus of the Majidae.
12. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
13. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
14. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
15. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
17. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
18. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
20. Affect with wonder.
23. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A state in the western United States.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
29. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
32. A periodic paperback publication.
33. In bed.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic.
45. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
48. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
49. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

DOWN

1. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
4. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
7. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
8. Largest known toad species.
9. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
10. Soft creamy white cheese.
16. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. A member of an aboriginal people living in the hills in southeastern India.
21. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.
22. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
25. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
26. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.
28. A light touch or stroke.
30. A public square with room for pedestrians.
34. Remove from memory or existence.
35. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
37. A member of the British order of honor.
39. A pointed instrument used to prod into motion.
42. The cry made by sheep.
44. A liquid used for printing or writing or drawing.
46. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
47. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

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