Crossword Puzzle Number 2054 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Any triangular fore-and-aft sail (set forward of the foremast) v 1.
13. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. 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).
16. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
20. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
22. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
24. The biblical name for ancient Syria.
26. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
28. Deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers.
31. An uproarious party.
32. An enclosed space.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
40. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
41. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
42. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
45. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
46. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
47. The address of a web page on the world wide web.
48. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
49. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
50. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.

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1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. A genus of Platalea.
5. A full skirt with a gathered waistband.
6. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
7. An anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling of light-headedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
18. A large fleet.
19. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
21. The cry made by sheep.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. A state in New England.
27. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
29. Island in West Indies.
30. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga people in northern Tanzania.
33. A grant made by a law court.
34. A telegram sent abroad.
36. Very dark black.
37. South African term for `boss'.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A public promotion of some product or service.
43. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
44. Two items of the same kind.
45. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.

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