Crossword Puzzle Number 2383 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
4. Amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain.
8. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
11. A healthy capacity for vigorous activity.
12. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
16. Contemptuous name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites.
17. (informal) Of the highest quality.
18. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
19. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
21. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
23. A decree that prohibits something.
25. A state in northwestern North America.
26. A Russian river.
29. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
31. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. A light touch or stroke.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
37. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
39. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
47. A tight-fitting headdress.
51. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
52. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
53. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

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1. A genus of Indriidae.
2. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
3. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. Profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger.
6. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
7. An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.
8. Being or occurring in fact or actuality.
9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
10. A squeaking sound.
15. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
20. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
22. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
24. In bed.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
28. A small cake leavened with yeast.
30. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
32. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. The cry made by sheep.
48. A state in New England.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
50. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
51. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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