Crossword Puzzle Number 4885 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Informal terms for a meal.
5. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
8. 100 pyas equal 1 kyat.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
15. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
21. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. Type genus of the Anatidae.
29. An informal term for a father.
31. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
35. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
38. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
42. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. An informal term for a father.
48. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
51. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
6. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
7. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
8. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
9. Not only so, but.
10. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
18. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
19. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
20. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
22. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. A state in north central United States.
30. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
34. God of wealth and love.
36. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
37. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
38. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
41. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
43. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
44. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.

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