Crossword Puzzle Number 3839 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. A deep opening in the earth's surface.
28. An informal term for a father.
31. A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman.
35. The dialect of Malay used as the national language of the Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia.
38. 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. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
44. Being two more than fifty.
45. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.
46. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
47. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. (classical architecture) A molding for a cornice.
50. A unit of pressure.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
5. A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface.
6. Most important element.
7. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
9. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
19. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
20. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
22. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
24. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
29. Covered with scabs.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
32. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
33. True firs.
34. Any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu.
36. In bed.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
39. A city in northwestern Syria.
42. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
43. A unit of length of thread or yarn.

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