Crossword Puzzle Number 3640 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (Roman mythology) Goddess of abundance and fertility.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
11. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
12. A mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers).
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
16. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
18. Informal terms for a mother.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A person who announces and plays popular recorded music.
21. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
22. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
23. A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba.
26. The capital of Croatia.
27. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium.
30. (Babylonian) A goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea.
33. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
36. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
43. A light touch or stroke.
46. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. In bed.
49. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.

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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. Type genus of the Phocidae.
3. Intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase).
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
6. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
10. A fraudulent business scheme.
15. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
17. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
24. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
29. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
31. Greek mythology.
32. Cause to be embarrassed.
34. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
35. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
42. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
43. Informal terms for a mother.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. A public promotion of some product or service.

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