Crossword Puzzle Number 4564 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. (British) Sleep.
12. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
23. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
28. The month following January and preceding March.
30. A flexible container with a single opening.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A genus of Ploceidae.
39. The superior of an abbey of monks.
42. Squash bugs.
44. Unknown god.
45. Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent.
46. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
48. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
50. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
51. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
52. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.

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1. Jordan's port.
2. The seventh month of the civil year.
3. Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. (informal) Exceptionally good.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
15. By bad luck.
19. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
31. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
33. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
35. The cry made by sheep.
37. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
40. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
41. A unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces.
43. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
47. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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