Crossword Puzzle Number 4681 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
4. A quantity of no importance.
8. Not reflecting light.
11. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
12. Advanced in years.
13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
14. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
15. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
16. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. An informal term for a father.
23. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
28. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
30. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
31. A light touch or stroke.
32. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
34. An associate degree in applied science.
37. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals.
40. A river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River.
44. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
45. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
48. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
49. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
51. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
52. On or toward the lee.
53. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
54. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
55. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. An honorary arts degree.
2. Spanish poet and dramatist (1898-1936).
3. A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa.
4. Tag the base runner to get him out.
5. How long something has existed.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
8. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
9. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
18. A decree that prohibits something.
19. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
22. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
25. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
29. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. An associate degree in nursing.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
38. The lean flesh of a fish similar to cod.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
41. A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
47. A resource.
50. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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