Crossword Puzzle Number 2436 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
4. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
7. Loose or flaccid body fat.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. An enclosed space.
13. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer.
14. The starting place for each hole on a golf course.
15. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
27. Inquire about.
30. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
31. A state in midwestern United States.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. An informal term for a father.
36. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
38. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
40. A low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
51. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. (informal) Of the highest quality.
4. Either of two muscles of the abdomen and pelvis that flex the trunk and rotate the thigh.
5. Black honeycreepers with yellow feathers around the tail.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. A linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard.
8. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. Divulge information or secrets.
16. A quantity of no importance.
19. French novelist.
21. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
22. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
24. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. A resource.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. A white trivalent metallic element.
29. Unknown god.
32. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. (Norse mythology) God of thunder and rain and farming.
42. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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