Crossword Puzzle Number 2612 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
7. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Weapons considered collectively.
15. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
16. The highest level or degree attainable.
17. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
28. A city in northern India.
31. United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1903- ).
34. An associate degree in applied science.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
47. Material used to daub walls.
50. A city in the European part of Russia.
51. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
52. A Loloish language.
53. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
54. Take in solid food.
55. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
56. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

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1. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
2. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
3. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
5. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
6. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
7. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
8. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
9. Avatar of Vishnu.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
27. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
32. King of Wessex whose military victories made Wessex the most powerful kingdom in England (died in 839).
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
40. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
41. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
43. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure.
44. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
45. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
48. 300 to 3000 megahertz.
49. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.

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