Crossword Puzzle Number 74 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Informal terms for a meal.
5. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
8. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
11. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
12. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
13. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
14. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
15. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
16. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
19. (South African) A camp defended by a circular formation of wagons.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. Type genus of the Albuginaceae.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
29. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
31. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
35. The longest division of geological time.
37. A Russian prison camp for political prisoners.
40. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
41. A physician who is not a specialist but treats all illnesses.
43. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
45. Footwear usually with wooden soles.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

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1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. Any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue.
4. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
5. Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
6. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
7. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
8. (informal) Exceptionally good.
9. A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders).
10. The sixth month of the civil year.
18. A motley assortment of things.
20. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
21. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
22. Two items of the same kind.
23. A polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and tungsten in its properties.
26. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
28. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
30. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
32. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
39. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. Extremely pleasing.
44. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
45. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints).
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
48. A public promotion of some product or service.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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