Crossword Puzzle Number 520 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
4. The language of the nomadic Lapp people in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
8. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies).
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
16. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
18. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. (of securities) Not quoted on a stock exchange.
24. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
26. A public promotion of some product or service.
28. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
30. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for a hot coffee cup.
31. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
32. Yellow-fever mosquitos.
34. Young sheep.
37. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
39. Long green edible beaked pods of the okra plant.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
42. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
46. A port in southwestern Scotland.
47. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
49. Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end.
51. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
52. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
53. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
54. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.

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1. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
2. A modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A state in New England.
7. A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae.
8. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus.
20. A small roofed building affording shade and rest.
23. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
27. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
29. Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.
33. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
35. Of or relating to the former Indo-European people.
36. (Hinduism and Buddhism) The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. Of southern Europe.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
48. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.
50. 16 ounces.

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