Crossword Puzzle Number 5658 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
5. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
8. The sign language used in the United States.
11. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
12. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
13. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
16. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
18. The quarter of many North African cities in which the citadel is located.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
23. United States newspaper publisher (1858-1935).
24. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
26. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
28. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
32. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
36. Cause to be embarrassed.
40. Any high mountain.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
45. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
46. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
47. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
50. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.

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1. A low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
4. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
5. South African term for `boss'.
6. A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
7. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
10. A large number or amount.
19. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
20. A blind god.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
27. (British) Your grandmother.
29. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
30. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
31. Basic principles of the cosmos.
33. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
34. Type genus of the Apidae.
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
36. An associate degree in applied science.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
39. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
42. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
43. An audiotape recording of sound.
44. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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