Crossword Puzzle Number 7870 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
4. Flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States.
8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
11. An informal term for a father.
12. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
15. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
16. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
17. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
19. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
21. A state in northwestern North America.
24. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
28. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
31. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
32. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
35. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
38. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
45. An accidental happening.
48. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
49. The compass point that is one point south of due west.
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. Goddess of fate.
52. How long something has existed.
53. A small cake leavened with yeast.
54. The cry made by sheep.

DOWN

1. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
2. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
3. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
4. The complete duration of something.
5. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
6. Fiddler crabs.
7. A genus of Ploceidae.
8. 10 grams.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
22. A light touch or stroke.
23. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. Being one more than one hundred.
33. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A public promotion of some product or service.
39. 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.
40. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
42. Material used to daub walls.
43. A city in northern India.
44. A quantity of no importance.
46. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
47. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.

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