Crossword Puzzle Number 2494 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
4. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
8. A light touch or stroke.
11. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
12. The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. By bad luck.
16. 30 to 300 gigahertz.
17. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
18. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
19. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
21. A public promotion of some product or service.
26. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
28. Either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
35. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
45. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
46. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
49. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
50. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
51. A boy or man.

DOWN

1. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
2. Offering fun and gaiety.
3. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
4. A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element.
5. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
7. The airforce of Great Britain.
8. 10 grams.
9. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
10. A small ball with a hole through the middle.
15. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean.
22. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
23. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
24. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
25. A decree that prohibits something.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
30. A person forced to flee from home or country.
32. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a shell in shape.
33. The cry made by sheep.
36. Not widely known.
37. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
38. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
40. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
41. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
44. Inquire about.
47. A doctor's degree in optometry.
48. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.

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