Crossword Puzzle Number 5885 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India.
4. In bed.
8. Inquire about.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
18. Before noon.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
21. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
23. That is to say.
24. Type genus of the Gavidae.
28. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
29. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
32. Type genus of Ochnaceae.
35. Having hips.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. Used of a single unit or thing.
39. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
51. An associate degree in applied science.
52. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
53. A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
55. An enclosed space.
56. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
57. A hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex.

DOWN

1. A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo.
2. The brother of your father or mother.
3. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
4. An associate degree in nursing.
5. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. A fraudulent business scheme.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
22. An association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens.
25. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Characteristic of false pride.
27. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
30. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
31. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
33. Tag the base runner to get him out.
34. A river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela.
36. Seed of a pea plant.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
43. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
44. (of molten metal or glass) Formed by pouring or pressing into a mold n 1.
45. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
47. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
49. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
50. A strong solution of sodium or potassium hydroxide.
54. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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