Crossword Puzzle Number 4586 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
4. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
8. Select as an alternative.
11. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
12. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
13. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
14. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
15. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
16. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
17. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
19. A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel.
21. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
24. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
30. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
33. A flexible container with a single opening.
36. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
38. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
44. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
45. Type genus of the Majidae.
46. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
47. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
48. (physics and chemistry) The smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. An awkward stupid person.

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1. A small cut of meat including part of a rib.
2. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
3. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
6. Relating to or resembling or made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl.
7. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
8. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
9. Type genus of the Pipidae.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
20. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
22. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
27. A Russian river.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. The capital of Morocco.
32. Candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers.
34. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
35. A unit of elastance equal to the reciprocal of a farad.
37. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
39. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
41. A light touch or stroke.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.

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