Crossword Puzzle Number 3573 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5. Pan with a convex bottom.
8. The residue that remains when something is burned.
11. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
12. Make or shape as with an axe.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
15. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
16. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
17. An associate degree in nursing.
18. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
19. Comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused.
21. A flexible container with a single opening.
22. Of a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32 degrees F and the boiling point as 212 degrees F at one atmosphere of pressure.
25. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
32. Upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame.
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
35. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Of or relating to a nail or claw or hoof.
39. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
43. The sound made by a gentle blow.
44. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
47. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
48. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
51. A unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity.
52. Russian physicist (1895-1971).
53. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).

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1. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. A unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 foot/sec/sec to a mass of 1 pound.
4. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
5. A short light gust of air.
6. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
7. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
8. American novelist (1909-1955).
9. The act of scanning.
10. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
20. Of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its inhabitants.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. (Old Testament) The eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the Covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Before noon.
28. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
30. Long-tailed black-and-white bird that utters a chattering call.
34. The capital of Morocco.
37. A cape at the southern tip of Norway.
38. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
40. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
45. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
46. A master's degree in theology.

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