Crossword Puzzle Number 7137 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
4. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
7. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
16. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
18. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
19. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
20. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
21. A decree that prohibits something.
23. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
29. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
31. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
33. A state in northwestern North America.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
42. An implement used to propel or steer a boat.
44. Relating to the blood vessels or blood.
46. The law enforcement agency in the Justice Department.
47. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
49. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
50. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
51. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
52. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (archaic or Scottish) Faithful and true.
3. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
4. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
5. An informal term for a father.
6. A port city in southwestern Iran.
7. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.
8. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
9. Common Indian weaverbird.
10. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause).
15. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
17. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
25. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
26. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Extremely pleasing.
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. 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.
36. An elaborate song for solo voice.
38. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
44. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
45. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
48. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.

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