Crossword Puzzle Number 2917 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Many times at short intervals.
4. Cry plaintively.
8. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
11. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
12. A French abbot.
13. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
14. (nautical) Of an anchor.
16. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
18. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
19. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
21. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
23. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
26. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
28. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
31. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
34. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
35. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
37. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
43. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
45. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Type genus of the Majidae.
49. A state in midwestern United States.
51. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
52. An honorary degree in science.
53. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
54. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.

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1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
2. A group of 3 goddesses of destiny.
3. The first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament considered as a unit.
4. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
5. 16 ounces.
6. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
7. Type genus of the Tetraonidae.
8. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
9. Singing jazz.
10. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
15. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
17. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
22. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
25. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
27. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
29. Unknown god.
30. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
32. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
36. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. A quantity of no importance.
41. Very dark black.
42. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
44. A decree that prohibits something.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
50. Being nine more than ninety.

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