Crossword Puzzle Number 553 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
5. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
11. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
12. An associate degree in nursing.
13. In bed.
14. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
16. Avatar of Vishnu.
17. Jordan's port.
19. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
20. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
21. Type genus of the Amiidae.
23. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
25. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
31. (informal) Of the highest quality.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
42. (usually followed by `to') Naturally disposed toward.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
48. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
49. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
50. The United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities.
51. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
52. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

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1. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. The cry made by sheep.
6. Make attractive or lovable.
7. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
9. (prefix) Half or partial.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. Fallow deer.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A state in New England.
29. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
30. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
33. State in northeastern India.
34. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
40. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
43. Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
44. The bill in a restaurant.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.

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