Crossword Puzzle Number 2143 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. The act of scanning.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. A public promotion of some product or service.
20. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
23. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
27. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
28. Consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs.
29. A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria.
35. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. A large fleet.
43. An active and efficient cause.
44. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
47. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
48. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
49. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.

DOWN

1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
2. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
3. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
4. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
5. Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions.
6. Jordan's port.
7. Valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
8. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
19. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
24. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
25. A flexible container with a single opening.
26. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
30. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
31. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
32. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.
33. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
34. United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955).
36. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
37. A small cake leavened with yeast.
38. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
41. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
42. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
46. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.

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