Crossword Puzzle Number 5699 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
5. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing).
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. The closing section of a musical composition.
12. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
13. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
14. Harass with persistent criticism or carping.
15. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
16. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
17. A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
22. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
23. The capital of Croatia.
26. Having been read.
29. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
30. A native-born Israeli.
31. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
33. A contestant who loses the contest.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. An associate degree in applied science.
44. The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food.
45. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
46. Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
47. A small cake leavened with yeast.
48. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
49. Antibacterial drug (trade name Nydrazid) used to treat tuberculosis.

DOWN

1. A unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries.
2. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
3. An edge tool used to cut and shape wood.
4. A shop where a variety of goods are sold.
5. Gully or streambed in North Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season.
6. A genus of Ploceidae.
7. A form of address for a married woman.
8. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
9. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
10. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
19. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC).
20. United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934).
21. One of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
24. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
34. Evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits.
35. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
36. South African term for `boss'.
37. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
38. An unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision.
39. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
41. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
42. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.

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