Crossword Puzzle Number 5995 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats).
13. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
14. An affirmative.
15. How long something has existed.
16. A reptile genus of Iguanidae.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
23. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
25. Port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
26. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
37. Lower in esteem.
41. Not reflecting light.
42. Person who does no work.
45. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.
46. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. Being one more than nine.
50. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
51. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.

DOWN

1. Common Indian weaverbird.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
6. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
7. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
8. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh).
19. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
20. A master's degree in business.
22. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
24. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A Russian river.
29. A state in southeastern United States.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
33. Make less active or intense.
34. A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.
35. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
36. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
38. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
39. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
40. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
44. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

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