Crossword Puzzle Number 72 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
5. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
7. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
11. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
12. A public promotion of some product or service.
13. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis.
14. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
15. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
16. Port city that is the capital and largest city of Latvia.
17. Unknown god.
18. English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349).
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
23. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
26. Fallow deer.
32. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
33. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
34. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
36. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
39. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
43. The 10th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
51. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
52. The compass point that is one point north of due west.
53. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
55. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
56. A doctor's degree in education.
57. An informal term for a father.

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1. A city in the Asian part of Russia.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. A lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg.
5. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea.
8. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
20. A master's degree in fine arts.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
25. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Informal terms for a mother.
29. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
35. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
37. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
38. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
40. A French abbot.
41. A stick that people can lean on to help them walk.
42. In bed.
44. An informal term for a father.
45. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
49. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
50. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
54. A doctor's degree in optometry.

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