Crossword Puzzle Number 5448 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Being four more than fifty.
4. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. The compass point midway between northeast and east.
12. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
13. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (or part of it).
14. A city in northern India.
16. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on the sea or ships.
17. A strong emotion.
18. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
20. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
25. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
32. Lower in esteem.
34. The cry made by sheep.
35. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
43. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth.
47. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
48. The compass point that is midway between north and northeast.
49. A Russian river.
51. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
52. A vigorous blow.
53. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.

DOWN

1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. English prelate noted for his pessimistic sermons and articles (1860-1954).
3. Communicated in the form of words.
4. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
5. An associate degree in applied science.
6. Manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere.
7. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
8. Type genus of the Amiidae.
9. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
15. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
26. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
27. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
28. A Mid-Atlantic state.
30. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A small cake leavened with yeast.
37. The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.
38. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
39. United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859).
40. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
41. Noisy talk.
42. Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group.
44. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
45. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
46. A flexible container with a single opening.
50. A state in the Rocky Mountains.

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