Crossword Puzzle Number 7769 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A Loloish language.
5. A humorous anecdote or remark.
8. The syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
11. The food served and eaten at one time.
12. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Make amends for.
15. The cry made by sheep.
16. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
20. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
25. Xerophytic evergreen shrubs.
27. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
29. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
30. 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.
35. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
38. Type genus of the Gavidae.
40. A unit of electrical power in an AC circuit equal to the power dissipated when 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.
41. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
44. English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829).
45. A city in the European part of Russia.
46. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
47. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
49. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
50. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards.

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1. At full speed.
2. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
3. Grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
4. On or toward the lee.
5. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
6. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
7. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
8. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
9. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
10. Goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.
19. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
21. Any of various trees of the genus Ulmus.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
23. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
24. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
32. A genus of Indriidae.
33. Being in competition.
34. By chance.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
37. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
38. Towards the side away from the wind.
39. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
42. (informal) Of the highest quality.
43. A light touch or stroke.

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