Crossword Puzzle Number 1781 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Of or relating to near the ear.
5. The cry made by sheep.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. A decree that prohibits something.
14. Jordan's port.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. Fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. A flexible container with a single opening.
25. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
31. English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (born in 1907).
34. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
38. Red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France.
40. Enthusiastic approval.
44. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
48. A person who possesses great material wealth.
49. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
51. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
52. Divisible by two.
53. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
54. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
55. An aromatic ointment used in antiquity.

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1. Large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean.
2. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. Type genus of the Anatidae.
15. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
19. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
27. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
29. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
30. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. Very dark black.
33. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
35. Bar temporarily.
36. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
37. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
39. Young of domestic cattle.
41. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
42. Report or maintain.
43. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something.
46. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
47. Fiddler crabs.
50. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.

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