Crossword Puzzle Number 4861 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
5. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
11. Taken or to be taken at random.
12. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
13. The month following February and preceding April.
14. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
15. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
17. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
27. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
31. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
33. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
35. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
36. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
45. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
49. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
51. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
52. The part of a hammerhead opposite the flat striking surface (may have various shapes).
53. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
54. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.

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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
4. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
5. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
6. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
16. An informal term for a father.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. A decree that prohibits something.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. The cry made by sheep.
28. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
29. A Russian river.
30. A state in southeastern United States.
32. A port city in southwestern Iran.
34. In the same place (used when citing a reference).
39. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
42. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
43. Being three more than fifty.
44. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
46. (informal) Of the highest quality.
47. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.

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