Crossword Puzzle Number 3438 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. (computer science) The rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem).
4. An informal term for a father.
8. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
11. Annual grass of Europe and North Africa.
12. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt and hops.
13. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
17. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
18. A clique that seeks power usually through intrigue.
21. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
23. A small cake leavened with yeast.
27. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element.
28. An undergarment worn by women to support their breasts.
29. Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus.
32. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
34. A doctor's degree in optometry.
38. A public promotion of some product or service.
40. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
43. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
45. English film actress (1913-1967).
47. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
48. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
49. A translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color.
51. The cry made by sheep.
52. Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its people.
53. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.

DOWN

1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A thrusting blow with a knife.
4. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
6. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
7. A human limb.
8. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
9. The sixth month of the civil year.
10. The compass point that is one point east of southeast.
15. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
22. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
24. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
26. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. Leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904).
31. A light touch or stroke.
33. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland.
36. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
37. Jordan's port.
39. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
40. The bill in a restaurant.
41. A blemish made by dirt.
42. Large sweet juicy hybrid between tangerine and grapefruit having a thick wrinkled skin.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
46. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
50. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.

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