Crossword Puzzle Number 6439 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
5. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
8. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
11. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
12. A port in southwestern Scotland.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
15. Filled with fear or apprehension.
18. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
19. A graphical record of electrical activity of the brain.
20. A Protestant layman who assists the minister.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
28. A master's degree in fine arts.
33. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
34. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
35. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
37. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
39. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
43. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
48. Being two more than fifty.
51. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.
52. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
54. A unit of pressure.
55. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
56. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
57. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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1. A small island.
2. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
3. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
4. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
6. Two items of the same kind.
7. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
10. The act of scanning.
16. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
17. A light touch or stroke.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
23. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
26. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
27. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
30. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
31. A person forced to flee from home or country.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
38. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
40. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
41. Praise, glorify, or honor.
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
45. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
46. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
49. Being one more than two.
50. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
53. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.

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