Crossword Puzzle Number 6453 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
7. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
13. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
14. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. Squash bugs.
21. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
23. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
24. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
26. A radioactive transuranic metallic element.
27. An oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract.
33. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
36. Inflammation of the urethra of unknown cause.
38. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
39. The habitation of wild animals.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
44. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
45. In bed.
46. An associate degree in nursing.

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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
5. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
6. Being nine more than ninety.
7. Chief port of Yemen.
8. Flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules.
9. Type genus of the Anatidae.
10. Type genus of the Ranidae.
16. Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC).
18. The basic unit of money in Spain.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
25. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. A city in western Germany.
29. All the animal life in a particular region.
30. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. Having winglike extensions.
32. A rechargeable battery with a nickel cathode and a cadmium anode.
34. An island in Indonesia south of Borneo.
35. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
42. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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