Crossword Puzzle Number 2798 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Type genus of the Pipidae.
5. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
8. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
11. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
12. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
13. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
14. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
16. The deep vascular inner layer of the skin.
17. Jordan's port.
19. Tag the base runner to get him out.
20. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
21. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
22. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
24. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
40. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
45. An easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc.
46. A fraudulent business scheme.
47. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
48. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
49. An narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family.
50. A master's degree in fine arts.

DOWN

1. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
2. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
3. A large and stately mansion.
4. Jordan's port.
5. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
6. A public promotion of some product or service.
7. Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.
8. Any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward.
9. Fallow deer.
10. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
15. An imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children.
18. A small cake leavened with yeast.
23. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
25. Having leadership guidance.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
30. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
31. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
33. Very dark black.
34. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
35. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
36. God of love and erotic desire.
37. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
38. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
39. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.

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