Crossword Puzzle Number 2496 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A bachelor's degree in naval science.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
11. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
12. God of love and erotic desire.
13. At a great distance in time or space or degree.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. A primeval personification of air and breath.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
30. Reconnaissance (by shortening).
32. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
37. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
48. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
49. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. Slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.
54. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles).

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1. An indistinct shapeless form.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
4. A state in northwestern North America.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
7. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
8. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
15. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
17. Black tropical American cuckoo.
21. An enclosed space.
22. In bed.
24. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
28. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
29. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
33. Made of fir or pine.
34. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
38. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
42. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. South African term for `boss'.
45. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
50. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.

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