Crossword Puzzle Number 2817 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
8. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
11. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
12. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. The seed of the cereal grass.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. A flexible container with a single opening.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
25. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
31. (military) Signal to turn the lights out.
33. Family based on male descent.
36. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
37. Stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings.
41. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
44. An athlete who plays basketball.
45. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
46. A person forced to flee from home or country.
48. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
50. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
52. A primeval personification of air and breath.
53. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
54. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
55. A small cake leavened with yeast.

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1. South African term for `boss'.
2. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
7. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
8. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. One thousandth of a second.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
23. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
29. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
32. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
34. An intensive care unit designed with special equipment to care for premature or low-birth-weight or seriously ill newborn.
35. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians.
38. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
39. The brightest star in Cygnus.
40. A particular environment or walk of life.
42. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
43. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
44. A public promotion of some product or service.
47. Extremely pleasing.
49. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
50. An associate degree in nursing.
51. An informal term for a father.

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