Crossword Puzzle Number 4987 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
4. Highly excited.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Fiddler crabs.
14. (informal) Exceptionally good.
16. A Mid-Atlantic state.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
21. A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles.
23. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
25. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
26. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
31. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. The cry made by sheep.
36. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
38. The Mongol people living the the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
42. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
43. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
45. A branch of the Tai languages.
46. A sharp projection on an edge or surface.
48. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
51. A master's degree in business.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
54. Tag the base runner to get him out.
55. A flexible container with a single opening.
56. Chief port of Yemen.
57. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
58. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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1. A small cake leavened with yeast.
2. A deep orange-red variety of chalcedony.
3. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
6. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
7. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
8. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
9. Type genus of the Aceraceae.
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
15. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
24. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
35. An associate degree in applied science.
37. (Hindu) A manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga).
38. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
39. A genus of Lamnidae.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
41. Jordan's port.
44. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
47. A humorous anecdote or remark.
49. (informal) Of the highest quality.
50. (in Scotland or Ireland) A mountain or tall hill.

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