Crossword Puzzle Number 1520 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
4. In bed.
8. A secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation.
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. A quantity of no importance.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
15. Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907).
16. The habitation of wild animals.
17. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
24. United States space station.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. An informal term for a father.
28. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
29. Relating to the deepest parts of the ocean (below 6000 meters).
31. A state in the Rocky Mountains.
33. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
35. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
38. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
42. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
43. 10 grams.
44. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.

DOWN

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. The highest level or degree attainable.
4. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
5. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
6. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
7. An informal term for a father.
8. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
9. Make uniform.
10. A member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas.
18. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
20. The cry made by sheep.
22. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
23. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
27. Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania.
30. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
32. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
34. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
36. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
37. The sixth month of the civil year.
39. How long something has existed.
40. The compass point that is one point south of due east.
41. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).

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