Crossword Puzzle Number 3042 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A French abbot.
5. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
8. Range of what one can know or understand.
11. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
14. (Sumerian) Sun god.
17. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
18. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
22. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico.
26. A mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high).
29. (botany) Especially of leaves.
32. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious.
36. God of fire.
38. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. 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).
43. The month following March and preceding May.
45. To an excessive degree.
46. (sports) The chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play.
47. South African term for `boss'.
48. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.

DOWN

1. An Asian river between China and Russia.
2. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
3. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
4. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
5. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
6. A very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk.
7. Being ten more than one hundred ninety.
8. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
9. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
10. A quantity of no importance.
15. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
16. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
19. Attack someone physically or emotionally.
20. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
21. Fallow deer.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
27. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
28. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
30. With the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe.
31. Make off with belongings of others.
32. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
33. Feeling or showing extreme anger.
34. Of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people.
35. The superior of an abbey of monks.
37. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
40. The cry made by sheep.
41. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
44. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.

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