Crossword Puzzle Number 3314 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
4. Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Gone by.
12. A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
16. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
17. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
18. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-size berries.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
28. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
31. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. A resource.
34. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
35. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
44. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
49. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
51. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
53. The seventh month of the Hindu calendar.
54. An associate degree in applied science.

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1. Chief port and economic center of Nigeria.
2. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
3. Designating a solution containing 1 mole of solute per 1000 grams of solvent.
4. A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland.
5. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
6. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
7. Jordan's port.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
21. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
25. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
27. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
32. (Sumerian) Consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz).
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
39. 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.
40. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
41. A quantity of no importance.
42. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
43. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
45. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
50. An associate degree in nursing.

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