Crossword Puzzle Number 4990 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. Material used to daub walls.
8. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. A city in northern India.
13. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
14. A vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives.
15. A quantity of no importance.
16. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
17. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
19. A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
21. A young woman making her debut into society.
23. Thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries.
30. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
31. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
33. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Flat crusty-bottomed onion roll.
35. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A son who has the same first name as his father.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
43. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
51. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
52. Possessing material wealth.
54. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
55. A state in northwestern North America.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.

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1. A large mountain system in south-central Europe.
2. Rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos.
3. The act of scanning.
4. Fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. Goddess of fate.
7. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
8. A large quantity of written matter.
9. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
10. God of death.
18. An accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages (especially of the embryo).
20. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
22. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
24. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
25. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
27. Common Indian weaverbird.
28. A Russian river.
29. A crystalline metallic element not found in nature.
32. Seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination.
36. A small nail.
37. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment).
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. The cry made by sheep.
47. A cgs unit of work or energy.
48. Before noon.
50. Before noon.
53. A state in midwestern United States.

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