Crossword Puzzle Number 1990 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours).
4. In bed.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. An informal debt instrument.
12. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
16. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
17. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
18. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
19. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
21. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
24. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
29. A Mid-Atlantic state.
31. A graphical recording of the cardiac cycle produced by an electrocardiograph.
32. An associate degree in applied science.
35. An association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
48. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
49. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
51. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
52. A light touch or stroke.

DOWN

1. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
2. An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity.
3. The quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength.
4. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
7. A doctor's degree in education.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
15. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. A state in northwestern North America.
23. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
25. The habitation of wild animals.
26. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
30. The cry made by sheep.
33. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
36. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
39. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
40. God of love and erotic desire.
41. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
44. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
45. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.

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