Crossword Puzzle Number 612 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. Fallow deer.
13. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
14. Not widely known.
16. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
17. A decree that prohibits something.
18. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. Before noon.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. The month following January and preceding March.
24. Rounded like an egg.
26. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
29. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
31. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
33. The capital of Croatia.
36. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
37. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. (Irish) The sea personified.
51. An unofficial association of people or groups.
53. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
54. A doctor's degree in education.
55. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
56. A young woman making her debut into society.

DOWN

1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
4. A public promotion of some product or service.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
7. A light touch or stroke.
8. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Obvious and dull.
15. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
20. An uproarious party.
23. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. A magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs.
27. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel.
32. A master's degree in fine arts.
34. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
38. In bed.
39. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
40. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
41. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
43. Set down according to a plan.
44. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
45. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
52. Diabetes caused by a relative or absolute deficiency of insulin and characterized by polyuria.

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