Crossword Puzzle Number 3848 (Extra Small Grid)

  10 
11    12     13   
14   15   16  17    
18    19   20     
21   22  23       
  24  25   26  27   
28   29   30      
  31  32  33   34 35 36 
37 38  39  40   41  42  
43  44  45      46  
47   48  49   50 51   
52     53   54    

ACROSS

1. A light touch or stroke.
4. With no effort to conceal.
8. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
11. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
12. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
13. An informal term for a father.
14. Any competition.
16. A member of an agricultural people in southeastern India.
18. A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
20. The capacitance of a capacitor that has an equal and opposite charge of 1 coulomb on each plate and a voltage difference of 1 volt between the plates.
21. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. 10 grams.
25. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
28. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
31. Extremely pleasing.
33. A state in north central United States.
34. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
37. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
39. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
42. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element.
43. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
45. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. A state in New England.
50. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
53. Minor or subordinate.
54. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.

DOWN

1. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
2. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
3. Related to or located at the back.
4. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. The act of slowing down or falling behind.
7. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part.
8. The sixth month of the civil year.
9. A small cake leavened with yeast.
10. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
15. Late time of life.
17. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
19. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
23. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
24. The rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit.
26. Tropical starchy tuberous root.
27. Group insurance that entitles members to services of participating hospitals and clinics and physicians.
29. An enclosed space.
30. Large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and builds a bulky nest often occupied for years.
32. The cry made by sheep.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. Jordan's port.
38. (botany) Of or relating to the axil.
40. Young sheep.
41. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
44. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
51. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.

Feel free to print out this crossword puzzle for your personal use. You may also link to it. However, this web page and puzzle are copyrighted and may not be distributed without prior written consent.

Navigation
Home Page
Printer Friendly
View Solution
Previous Puzzle
Next Crossword

© Clockwatchers, Inc. 2003