Crossword Puzzle Number 2392 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. The sign language used in the United States.
4. Make an etching of.
8. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
11. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
12. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
13. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
14. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
15. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
16. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
23. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin.
26. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
27. One thousandth of a second.
28. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
31. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
35. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
40. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
44. (Babylonian) The sky god.
46. The 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
47. Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus.
48. A small cake leavened with yeast.

DOWN

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. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism.
5. Of a light yellowish-brown color n 1.
6. Most important element.
7. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
8. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
9. Type genus of the Ranidae.
10. By bad luck.
18. A sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc.
19. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
20. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters.
21. A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys.
24. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
25. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
29. Port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland.
30. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
32. Egyptian statesman who (as President of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin of Israel (1918-1981).
33. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. Jordan's port.
36. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
38. The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
39. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
41. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
45. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

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