Crossword Puzzle Number 8088 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. A Loloish language.
8. (usually followed by `to' or `for') On the point of or strongly disposed.
11. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
12. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
13. The United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor.
14. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
15. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.
16. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
20. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
22. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
27. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. An archaic name for Easter or Passover.
32. South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers.
36. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning).
40. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
42. A sudden short attack.
45. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
46. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
47. Very dark black.
48. A flexible container with a single opening.
49. An adult male person (as opposed to a woman).
50. Largest known toad species.
51. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.

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1. A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box.
2. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
3. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
6. Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents.
7. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
8. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
9. A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea.
10. Having a toe or toes of a specified kind.
18. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
19. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
21. Filled with fear or apprehension.
23. The cry made by sheep.
24. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
26. A Russian river.
30. A metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter.
31. Wood of a pecan tree.
33. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
34. (Greek mythology) One of the mountain nymphs.
35. A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea.
37. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
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. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
43. An informal debt instrument.
44. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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