Crossword Puzzle Number 4290 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (Norse mythology) Wife of Thor and guardian of the home.
4. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. A spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus.
17. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
18. A state in northwestern North America.
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
22. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
29. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
36. Source of a tough elastic wood.
38. In bed.
39. An associate degree in nursing.
45. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
52. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
53. Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series.
54. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
55. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
56. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
57. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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1. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. Extremely pleasing.
4. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
5. A member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
6. The cry made by sheep.
7. A name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH.
8. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Jordan's port.
20. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
25. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
27. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
28. Used of a single unit or thing.
30. A light touch or stroke.
32. Before noon.
33. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
35. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
37. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
40. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A Hindu prince or king in India.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
44. The basic unit of money in Thailand.
46. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
48. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.

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