Crossword Puzzle Number 2974 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Former measure of the US economy.
4. Soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired.
8. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. (British) An open river valley (in a hilly area).
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. The cry made by sheep.
17. An acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
21. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
28. Offering fun and gaiety.
30. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
33. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
37. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
39. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
41. Any plant of the genus Erica.
43. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
45. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
48. God of fire.
49. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
50. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
51. A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano.
52. A light touch or stroke.
53. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
54. Tropical starchy tuberous root.

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1. A compact mass.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
4. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
5. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
6. By bad luck.
7. Not only so, but.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
26. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. Incapable of or resistant to bending.
35. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
36. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
42. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
44. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.

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