Crossword Puzzle Number 7987 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
4. Fallow deer.
8. The seventh and last day of the week.
11. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
12. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
13. A rapid bustling commotion.
14. (usually followed by `of') Released from something onerous (especially an obligation or duty).
15. God of death.
16. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin nicotinic acid.
17. The universal time coordinated time on board the spacecraft.
19. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
23. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
24. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
29. United States space station.
31. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
33. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Family based on male descent.
38. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
42. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
46. An associate degree in applied science.
47. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
48. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
49. Government agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants.
50. Towards the side away from the wind.
51. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
52. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.

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1. Large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters.
2. Any plant of the genus Erica.
3. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
4. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
5. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
6. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
7. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
8. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
18. United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967).
20. A Russian river.
22. Massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws.
25. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
26. The cry made by sheep.
27. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
28. An associate degree in nursing.
30. Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier).
32. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
36. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
37. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
38. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. Type genus of the Ranidae.
40. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
41. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
43. A master's degree in business.
44. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.

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