Crossword Puzzle Number 2837 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. (Irish) The sea personified.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. That is to say.
18. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Any plant of the genus Erica.
30. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
34. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
36. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
38. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
40. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
48. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
49. A hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck.
51. Lacking in rigor or strictness.
52. Type genus of the Anatidae.
53. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
3. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
5. Food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. French playwright (1791-1861).
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
19. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
27. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. (trademark) An antacid.
32. A bachelor's degree in religion.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
37. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. Capital and largest city and economic center of Peru.
40. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
41. A bachelor's degree in library science.
42. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. Range of what one can know or understand.
47. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
50. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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