Crossword Puzzle Number 5504 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Toward the mouth or oral region.
5. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
8. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
11. An enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
16. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
18. A unit of pressure.
19. Relating to or near the radius.
20. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
28. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
34. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. (prefix) Bad or erroneous or lack of.
48. Not only so, but.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. The residue that remains when something is burned.
51. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.

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1. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
2. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
3. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
4. A Mid-Atlantic state.
5. Denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units.
6. A genus of Pyralidae.
7. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
8. A Loloish language.
9. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
10. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
15. 1/10 gram.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
21. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
22. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
24. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
27. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
31. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Armor plate that protects the chest.
36. A vigorous blow.
37. Common Indian weaverbird.
39. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
40. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. (British) Informal term for information.
45. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
46. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).

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