Crossword Puzzle Number 7541 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the Apidae.
5. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
7. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
11. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
12. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
13. The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War.
14. The act of scanning.
15. Before noon.
16. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
17. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
22. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
23. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
26. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
28. A telegram sent abroad.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
35. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
37. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
40. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
43. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
46. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
47. God of the underworld.
48. A United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments.
51. The residue that remains when something is burned.
52. An informal term for a father.
53. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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1. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
5. A city in the European part of Russia.
6. God of love and erotic desire.
7. Any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors.
8. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
9. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
10. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
19. A small cake leavened with yeast.
21. Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number.
25. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
27. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
29. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
30. The square of a body of any size of type.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. Grind together, of teeth.
36. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
38. Goddess of fertility.
39. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
40. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
41. A dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain.
42. Fallow deer.
44. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
45. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
46. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. (informal) Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.

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