Crossword Puzzle Number 7907 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
5. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
8. 10 grams.
11. Large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts.
12. (informal) Of the highest quality.
13. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
15. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
16. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
17. A state in midwestern United States.
18. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
23. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
27. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
29. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
30. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion.
33. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
34. Family based on male descent.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Before noon.
39. A state in New England.
41. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
44. (New Testament) The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.
47. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
52. A suburb of Paris.
53. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
54. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.

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1. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
2. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
5. Common Indian weaverbird.
6. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
7. A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs.
8. A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40.
9. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
10. A province in north-central China.
19. A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals.
20. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
22. Small beads made from polished shells and formerly used as money by native Americans.
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. Minor or subordinate.
28. An associate degree in applied science.
31. In an unnatural eery manner.
32. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
36. A flexible container with a single opening.
38. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
39. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. The square of a body of any size of type.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
46. The cry made by sheep.
50. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
51. A gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium chemically and is found in zirconium minerals.
52. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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