Crossword Puzzle Number 5871 (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. God of love and erotic desire.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. (informal) Of the highest quality.
12. Armor plate that protects the chest.
13. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
14. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
15. German organist and contrapuntist (1685-1750).
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
24. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.
29. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
31. A Loloish language.
32. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
45. Marked by the reception of pay.
47. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. 10 grams.
52. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
53. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.

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. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
5. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
6. Any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves.
7. The residue that remains when something is burned.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. A light touch or stroke.
19. 1 species.
21. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
23. The cry made by sheep.
25. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
26. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
30. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
33. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
40. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
44. Hormone produced early in pregnancy by the placenta.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. A person forced to flee from home or country.

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