Crossword Puzzle Number 2574 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (dialect) A short straight stick of wood.
5. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
7. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
11. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
12. A state in midwestern United States.
13. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
14. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
15. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
17. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. A large oven for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks.
25. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
27. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
28. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
36. Tag the base runner to get him out.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. A Russian river.
47. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
49. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
53. An accountant certified by the state.
54. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
55. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
57. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
58. An adherent of any branch of Taoism.

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1. The compass point that is one point south of southeast.
2. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
3. A port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city.
4. Offering little or no hope.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
7. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
8. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
9. Tropical Asian starlings.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A state in northwestern North America.
19. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
21. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
23. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
24. Kamarupan languages spoken in northeastern India and western Burma.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
35. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
38. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
40. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
43. South African term for `boss'.
44. A state in midwestern United States.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. Fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan.
48. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
50. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
51. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
52. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
53. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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