Crossword Puzzle Number 1245 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An informal term for a father.
5. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
12. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Not widely known.
15. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
19. Lower in esteem.
21. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
26. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A public promotion of some product or service.
35. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
37. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
42. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
43. Noisy quarrel.
45. The bill in a restaurant.
49. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
50. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
51. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.

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1. An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan.
2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
3. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
4. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
5. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
6. The airforce of Great Britain.
7. (Greek mythology) One of the three Graces.
8. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
9. By bad luck.
10. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
18. The cry made by sheep.
20. A bachelor's degree in religion.
22. The content of cognition.
23. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
25. 1/10 gram.
27. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
28. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
29. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
32. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
33. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
34. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
38. A Hindu prince or king in India.
39. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
40. The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
41. Type genus of the Hylidae.
44. The United Nations agency concerned with the international organization of food and agriculture.
46. Destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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