Crossword Puzzle Number 7951 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
4. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
8. Standard time in the 8th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 120th meridian west.
11. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm.
12. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. A coffin along with its stand.
16. A man who serves as a sailor.
17. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
18. A member of a Turkic people of Uzbekistan and neighboring areas.
20. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
23. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
30. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
34. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
38. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
39. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
40. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
46. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
47. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
51. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
53. An informal term for a father.
55. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
56. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
57. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
58. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.

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1. Fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves.
2. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.
3. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
4. A state in northwestern North America.
5. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
6. 100 avos equal 1 pataca.
7. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top.
9. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
19. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
21. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
24. Jordan's port.
25. A family of languages of the Fula people of west Africa in the sub-Sahara regions from Senegal to Chad.
27. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
28. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
31. A boy or man.
32. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
33. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
35. (Scotland) A slope or hillside.
37. A bachelor's degree in religion.
41. In bed.
42. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
43. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
44. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
45. Type genus of the Anatidae.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
49. The cry made by sheep.
50. An informal term for a father.
51. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
52. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
54. A public promotion of some product or service.

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