Crossword Puzzle Number 2229 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
4. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
7. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
11. An accidental happening.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
14. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
15. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
16. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
17. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
19. A person forced to flee from home or country.
21. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
22. Black tropical American cuckoo.
23. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
25. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
29. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
31. (informal) Exceptionally good.
36. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
40. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
41. Severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
46. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh.
47. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
48. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
49. A bachelor's degree in library science.
50. Small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces.

DOWN

1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
4. Free from dirt or impurities.
5. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures.
6. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
7. The month following March and preceding May.
8. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
9. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
10. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
18. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
20. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
24. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
26. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. An angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
33. Appeal or request earnestly.
34. Italian operatic composer (1813-1901).
35. Affect with wonder.
37. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
38. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. A Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ.
40. A soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
42. A light touch or stroke.
43. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

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