Crossword Puzzle Number 2040 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. In bed.
5. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
11. An informal term for a father.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. Having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. A master's degree in business.
17. (British) Your grandmother.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
23. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
33. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
36. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. A bluish-white lustrous metallic element.
39. Singing jazz.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
48. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
49. The ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
51. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
53. Prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635).
54. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

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1. Chief port of Yemen.
2. Common Indian weaverbird.
3. Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
4. An informal term for a father.
5. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. An enclosed space.
8. A large fleet.
9. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. A light touch or stroke.
19. Informal terms for a mother.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
29. 16 ounces.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
35. An inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face.
40. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
42. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
43. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
45. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
47. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
48. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
50. A college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team.

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