Crossword Puzzle Number 3117 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
4. A federally chartered savings bank.
7. A ludicrously false statement.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
14. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
16. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
21. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
24. Inquire about.
26. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
35. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
39. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
43. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
53. The month following January and preceding March.
54. The residue that remains when something is burned.
55. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
56. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
57. Before noon.

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1. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. An informal term for a father.
4. A vest pocket to hold a pocket watch.
5. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
6. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
9. The season when the leaves fall from the trees.
10. Able to act at will.
18. Extremely pleasing.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
23. A state in north central United States.
25. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
34. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
36. Strike with a flat object.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
41. (Greek mythology) Goddess of discord.
42. A vigorous blow.
45. In bed.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
51. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
52. Being ten more than one hundred forty.

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