Crossword Puzzle Number 2275 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow.
4. Divulge information or secrets.
8. A rapid bustling commotion.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Common Indian weaverbird.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
16. Electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities.
17. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
25. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
32. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
33. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
36. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons.
38. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
40. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
42. Extremely pleasing.
45. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
49. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
50. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
51. An informal term for a father.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
55. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.

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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. British politician (1788-1850).
3. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
6. A port in southwestern Scotland.
7. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
23. With no effort to conceal.
24. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
26. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
27. A local computer network for communication between computers.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
31. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. The face or front of a building.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
37. A drama set to music.
38. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
41. An informal term for a father.
43. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
44. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. A light touch or stroke.
48. An accidental happening.
52. Being nine more than forty.

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