Crossword Puzzle Number 3112 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
4. Type genus of the Anatidae.
8. (informal) Roused to anger.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
15. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in North Africa.
22. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
33. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
36. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
38. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
39. United States tennis player who was the first Black to win United States and English singles championships (1943-1993).
42. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
49. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
50. No longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. Not only so, but.
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. How long something has existed.
6. By bad luck.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
9. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. (informal) Of the highest quality.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
23. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
27. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
29. A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group.
31. A bachelor's degree in religion.
32. One million periods per second.
34. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
35. Electronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
37. God of wealth and love.
40. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
43. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
46. An ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage.
47. An enclosed space.
51. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
52. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.

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