Crossword Puzzle Number 710 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The money risked on a gamble.
4. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
7. A company emblem or device.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. Failing to detonate.
13. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
14. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe.
17. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
31. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
33. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
35. A bachelor's degree in religion.
36. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. A Russian river.
43. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
44. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
49. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
50. A master's degree in business.
51. Surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale.
52. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
53. A decree that prohibits something.
54. Hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees.
55. The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount.
3. (of persons) Neat and smart in appearance.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
5. Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
8. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
9. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A flexible container with a single opening.
16. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
20. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
21. A young woman making her debut into society.
24. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
26. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
32. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
34. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
37. Type genus of the Gavidae.
38. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
42. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
45. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
46. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
47. Of the blackest black.
48. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
49. A state in midwestern United States.

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