Crossword Puzzle Number 2948 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Gull-like jaeger of northern seas.
5. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
7. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
11. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.
12. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
13. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
14. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
16. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
17. Found along western Atlantic coast.
19. Make less active or intense.
21. Type genus of the Amiidae.
24. 100 fen equal 1 yuan.
25. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
26. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
32. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
34. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
35. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
43. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
46. The residue that remains when something is burned.
47. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
49. Having leadership guidance.
50. An accidental happening.
51. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.

DOWN

1. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.
2. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
3. A person who makes use of a thing.
4. Jordan's port.
5. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
6. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
7. 300 to 3000 kilohertz.
8. A genus of Mustelidae.
9. Singing jazz.
10. Stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces.
15. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
18. A benevolent aspect of Devi.
20. The sixth month of the Hindu calendar.
22. A metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables.
23. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
28. Not out.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
30. A light touch or stroke.
31. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. Lower in esteem.
34. The act of using.
37. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
38. A fastener for a door or lid.
39. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Material used to daub walls.
42. An American doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation.
43. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
44. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
45. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
46. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
48. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.

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