Crossword Puzzle Number 7555 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A large number or amount.
5. A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia.
8. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
11. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread.
14. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
15. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
18. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. A device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water.
27. Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916).
31. Extremely pleasing.
33. A light touch or stroke.
34. A Loloish language.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
38. 40th President of the United States (1911- ).
41. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
45. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
46. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. A sliver-white metallic element of the platinum group that resembles platinum.
50. (informal) Roused to anger.
51. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
54. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate.
55. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.

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1. A hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A genus of Ploceidae.
6. Type genus of the Ranidae.
7. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
8. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
22. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
25. (informal) Exceptionally good.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
29. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
30. A hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color.
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. A member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska.
39. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
42. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
43. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.
44. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
47. One millionth of a gram.
48. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
49. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
50. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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