Crossword Puzzle Number 1656 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
5. A colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. A large bundle bound for storage or transport.
12. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
13. God of love and erotic desire.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
15. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
16. A boy or man.
17. A master's degree in business.
20. A large fan consisting of a frame covered with canvas that is suspended from the ceiling.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
24. State in northeastern India.
27. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
30. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
31. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
32. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
38. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
41. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
42. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
43. Lie adjacent to another.
45. The cry made by sheep.
46. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
47. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.

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1. A unit of current equal to 10 amperes.
2. Found along western Atlantic coast.
3. Free from dirt or impurities.
4. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
5. The basic unit of money in Zambia.
6. A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
7. A state in northwestern North America.
8. A town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England.
9. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
10. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
18. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.
19. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. An informal term for a father.
25. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. Informal terms for a mother.
28. A public promotion of some product or service.
29. An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
34. A small cake leavened with yeast.
35. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
36. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
37. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
39. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
40. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
44. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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