Crossword Puzzle Number 3410 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Lacking in light.
4. A master's degree in library science.
8. The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells.
16. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
17. The basic unit of money in Albania.
18. Jordan's port.
20. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
22. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
31. A state in midwestern United States.
34. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
38. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
42. 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.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
50. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
51. The month following January and preceding March.
52. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
53. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
54. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
55. Very dark black.
56. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. 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.
4. A chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers.
5. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
6. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
8. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting.
15. A master's degree in business.
19. A public promotion of some product or service.
21. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
23. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
25. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
28. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
32. The cry made by sheep.
33. Wear away through erosion or vaporization.
37. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. In bed.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
44. Anything that serves as an enticement.
45. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
48. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
49. Related by blood.

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