Crossword Puzzle Number 4604 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree.
4. A book of the New Testament.
8. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin).
11. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
12. A person of French descent.
13. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
14. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
15. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
16. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
17. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
19. A state in northwestern North America.
21. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
27. Fastened with stitches.
31. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
34. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
35. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
36. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
40. Alternative names for the body of a human being.
43. The eighth month of the civil year.
45. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. An informal term for a father.
49. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
51. Chief port of Yemen.
53. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
54. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
2. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
3. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
6. A narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place v 1.
7. A caustic detergent useful for removing grease.
8. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. (informal) Of the highest quality.
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
23. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
28. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
29. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. Being nine more than ninety.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
37. A compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developing.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
42. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
46. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
47. The cry made by sheep.
48. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.

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