Crossword Puzzle Number 6440 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Work doggedly or persistently.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
11. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. To make a mistake or be incorrect.
14. Chief port of Yemen.
15. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion.
19. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A master's degree in business.
29. A light touch or stroke.
30. Fallow deer.
33. Spread or daub over.
36. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
37. The cry made by sheep.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
46. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
51. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
54. Take in solid food.
55. A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
56. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

1. A mark left by the healing of injured tissue.
2. Remove with or as if with a ladle.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
5. A resource.
6. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
7. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
8. A human limb.
9. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A city in Veneto.
20. An informal term for a father.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. One million periods per second.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
38. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
39. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
41. Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence.
42. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
43. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
44. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
45. The sixth month of the civil year.
47. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans.
48. An associate degree in applied science.
49. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.

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