Crossword Puzzle Number 2894 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Edible tuber of any of several yams.
4. Adopted in order to deceive.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. The residue that remains when something is burned.
15. Colored or impregnated with dye.
16. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
17. A collection of objects laid on top of each other.
19. A sudden short attack.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
23. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
25. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
32. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
35. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
37. Wool of the alpaca.
42. An enclosed space.
44. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
46. A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another.
47. In bed.
48. A master's degree in business.
49. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
50. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
51. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.

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1. Not only so, but.
2. A domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
3. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
4. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness.
5. A frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry.
6. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
7. A city in western Saudi Arabia.
8. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
18. The basic unit of money in Spain.
20. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits.
26. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
27. A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary.
28. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
31. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
33. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
34. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
35. A master's degree in education.
38. A metabolic acid found in yeast and liver cells.
39. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
40. A small cake leavened with yeast.
41. South African term for `boss'.
43. (computer science) The part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing.
45. The rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state.
46. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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