Crossword Puzzle Number 6429 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud.
5. A light touch or stroke.
8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
11. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
12. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
15. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
16. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
22. Informal terms for a mother.
25. German mathematician (1804-1851).
31. A state in New England.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
37. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
38. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
49. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
52. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
53. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
54. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.

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1. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
2. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
3. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
4. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
5. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
6. A state in northwestern North America.
7. A partially opened flower.
8. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
9. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
10. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
17. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
19. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
23. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. A bachelor's degree in religion.
26. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
28. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
29. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
36. A hard brittle gray polyvalent metallic element that resembles iron but is not magnetic.
39. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
46. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
47. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
48. (computer science) The smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot).
49. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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