Crossword Puzzle Number 1587 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch.
4. An enclosed space.
7. An informal term for a father.
11. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
12. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
13. A submachine gun operated by gas pressure.
14. Formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India.
15. Being nine more than ninety.
16. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
17. A prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill.
18. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. The residue that remains when something is burned.
24. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
26. A member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
40. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. (Irish) Chief god of the Tuatha De Danann.
44. The cry made by sheep.
45. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
48. A container.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. God of love and erotic desire.
51. The compass point midway between northeast and east.

DOWN

1. A persistently annoying person.
2. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
3. Tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit.
4. A region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo.
5. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
6. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
7. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
8. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
9. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
10. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
19. (archaic) The emperor of Japan.
21. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
22. A lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood.
23. British informal term.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
27. A metallic element of the rare earth group.
28. A state in northwestern North America.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
32. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
36. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. A French abbot.
38. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
39. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
42. Inquire about.
43. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group.

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