Crossword Puzzle Number 6486 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security.
4. A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company.
8. Inquire about.
11. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
12. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
13. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
14. A small cake leavened with yeast.
16. (informal) Of the highest quality.
17. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
18. Being or moving higher in position or greater in some value.
19. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
24. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
27. Jordan's port.
32. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
34. A flexible container with a single opening.
35. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
38. An Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum.
40. Jordan's port.
44. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. Small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs.
48. Half the width of an em.
49. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
53. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
54. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
55. A public promotion of some product or service.
56. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.

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1. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
2. The act of catching an object with the hands.
3. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
4. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
5. A fraudulent business scheme.
6. Predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin.
7. Liquid excretory product.
8. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
10. God of love and erotic desire.
15. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
20. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
22. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
26. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
28. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. A bachelor's degree in theology.
36. Well matched.
37. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
39. A morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top.
41. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
42. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
43. An informal term for a father.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
52. A bachelor's degree in religion.

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