Crossword Puzzle Number 2914 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. An associate degree in applied science.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
25. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
27. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
33. Extremely pleasing.
34. A light touch or stroke.
37. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
42. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
46. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
49. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
50. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
51. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia).
54. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
55. Type genus of the Suidae.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A small cake leavened with yeast.
7. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
8. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
23. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
26. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. An informal term for a father.
32. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
35. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
36. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
37. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
38. Greek mythology.
40. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
41. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
43. By bad luck.
44. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
45. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. The month following March and preceding May.

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