Crossword Puzzle Number 2440 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
7. In bed.
11. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
12. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
15. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
16. A youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s.
17. A small cake leavened with yeast.
19. (Judaism) A period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative.
21. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
24. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
27. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
29. Call upon in supplication.
30. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
31. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
32. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
34. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
39. The eleventh month of the civil year.
41. Agitation resulting from active worry.
42. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
44. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
47. A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery.
48. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
49. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.
50. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
51. An officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer.
52. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

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1. Divulge information or secrets.
2. (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered.
3. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
4. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
5. A local computer network for communication between computers.
6. By bad luck.
7. Declare or acknowledge to be true.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
10. Distinctive and stylish elegance.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
22. Jordan's port.
23. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
26. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
28. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
33. A genus of Indriidae.
35. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
36. Any property detected by the olfactory system.
37. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
38. A city in central New York.
40. English monk and scholar (672-735).
41. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
43. An informal term for a father.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. A light touch or stroke.
47. An engineering university in Cambridge.

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