Crossword Puzzle Number 579 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A change in the electrical properties of the skin in response to stress or anxiety.
4. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
7. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Tag the base runner to get him out.
13. Offering fun and gaiety.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. Lower in esteem.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
24. Cheap and shoddy.
28. Soft suede glove leather from goatskin.
32. English monk and scholar (672-735).
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
36. 1/10 gram.
37. Unknown god.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
41. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
43. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
47. Take in solid food.
49. Not only so, but.
52. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
53. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
54. A master's degree in business.
55. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
56. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
57. Extremely pleasing.

DOWN

1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
4. Not made explicit.
5. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. A class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response.
8. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
9. By bad luck.
10. (trademark) A liquid that temporarily disables a person.
16. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
19. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
21. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
25. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
26. Not divisible by two.
27. Noisy talk.
29. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
31. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
40. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A genus of Accipitridae.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
46. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. A slight amount or degree of difference.
50. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
51. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
52. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.

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