Crossword Puzzle Number 3285 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The seventh and last day of the week.
4. In bed.
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. 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.
20. 16 ounces.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
28. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
30. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A motley assortment of things.
37. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. A constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific.
42. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. A French abbot.
51. The basic unit of money on Malta.
52. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
53. With no effort to conceal.
54. One of the common people.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.

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1. A fraudulent business scheme.
2. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
3. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
36. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
40. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
41. Female equine animal.
43. 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.
44. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
45. Any of the Hindu sacred writing.
47. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
48. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
49. Being nine more than forty.
50. The cry made by sheep.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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