Crossword Puzzle Number 2163 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
5. The residue that remains when something is burned.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. Relating to a recently developed fashion or style.
14. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
15. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
16. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
17. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
18. In bed.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
29. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
32. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
34. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
38. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
41. 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble.
44. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.
49. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
50. Look at with amorous intentions.
52. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
53. A flexible container with a single opening.
54. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. (informal) Informed about the latest trends.
8. Type genus of the Amiidae.
9. The Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
19. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
20. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
24. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
31. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. Highly excited.
42. A Russian river.
43. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A master's degree in library science.
51. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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