Crossword Puzzle Number 2617 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
8. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poisoning.
11. The longest division of geological time.
12. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. Soreness and warmth caused by friction.
16. A person forced to flee from home or country.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
20. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
21. In operation or operational.
26. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
30. Expletives used informally as intensifiers.
33. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
34. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
48. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
49. An associate degree in applied science.
50. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.

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1. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids.
2. United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942).
3. Type genus of the Anatidae.
4. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
5. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
6. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
7. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
8. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
9. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
22. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
23. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
31. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
32. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
42. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. Enlarged prostate.
45. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
46. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically).

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