Crossword Puzzle Number 6250 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
4. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
7. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
11. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
12. 10 grams.
13. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
14. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
15. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
17. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
18. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
21. Tropical American tree producing cacao beans.
23. Deeply moved.
26. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
27. The last (12th) month of the year.
28. The cry made by sheep.
29. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
34. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
35. A Loloish language.
38. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
39. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
41. Jordan's port.
44. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
45. A local computer network for communication between computers.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. (informal) Roused to anger.
50. The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
55. Someone who is morally reprehensible.

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1. French couturier whose first collection in 1947 created a style (tight bodice and narrow waist and flowing pleated skirt) that became known as the New Look (1905-1957).
2. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
3. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
4. A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. A geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam.
8. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
9. The inner and longer of the two bones of the human forearm.
10. (Roman mythology) A princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage.
16. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
20. A small cake leavened with yeast.
22. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
24. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
25. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
30. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
31. Before noon.
32. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. In bed.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
51. (chemistry) P(otential of) H(ydrogen).
52. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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