Crossword Puzzle Number 5829 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An unforeseen obstacle.
5. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
8. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
11. A quantity of no importance.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
15. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
16. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
17. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
21. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943).
30. Infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice.
33. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
34. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
36. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
39. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
41. A public promotion of some product or service.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
45. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Cuddling and kissing.
2. Chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil.
3. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.
4. Offering fun and gaiety.
5. Extremely pleasing.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
8. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
9. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
10. An informal term for a father.
18. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
19. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
20. God of death.
22. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
23. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog v 1.
24. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
29. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
31. Enlarged prostate.
32. An ancient upright stone slab bearing markings.
35. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
41. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
43. The bill in a restaurant.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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