Crossword Puzzle Number 2846 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Take in solid food.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
11. Psychoactive substance present in marijuana.
12. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
13. An ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.
14. A period of time spent sleeping.
15. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
16. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
22. South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit.
25. A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere.
29. Wild sheep of northern Africa.
31. Before noon.
32. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
33. A unit of information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes.
35. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
39. A light touch or stroke.
41. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
45. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
46. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
50. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

DOWN

1. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
2. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
3. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
4. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
5. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
6. A unit of length (in United States and Britain) equal to one twelfth of a foot.
7. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
8. A town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
9. United States physiologist (born in Germany) who did research on parthenogenesis (1859-1924).
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
18. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
19. A bottle with a stopper.
20. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
23. A bivalent and trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
24. A doctor's degree in optometry.
26. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
28. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion.
30. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
34. Common Indian weaverbird.
36. A large number or amount.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
40. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
42. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
43. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.

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