Crossword Puzzle Number 3299 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. An informal term for a father.
5. A machine-readable version of a standard dictionary.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
12. An affirmative.
13. 10 hao equal 1 dong.
14. Lacking in light.
15. The residue that remains when something is burned.
16. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
17. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
20. A member of an agricultural people of southern India.
23. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
26. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Any plant of the genus Erica.
34. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
35. A former monetary unit in Great Britain.
37. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. The capital of Western Samoa.
45. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
48. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
49. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
50. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
51. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
52. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
53. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
54. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

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1. Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest.
2. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
3. The occurrence of a change for the worse.
4. A state in northwestern North America.
5. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
6. Any plant of the genus Reseda.
7. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
8. God of wealth and love.
9. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
10. Leafless East Indian vine.
18. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
22. In bed.
24. An informal term for a father.
25. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
33. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
34. A state in northwestern North America.
36. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
38. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
39. The compass point midway between east and southeast.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
41. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A city in northern India.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
46. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
47. How long something has existed.

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