Crossword Puzzle Number 6106 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri hills of southern India.
5. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
8. (computer science) A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.
11. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
12. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
13. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
14. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
15. A room equipped with toilet facilities.
16. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
17. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
19. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
21. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
24. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
26. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
31. British informal term.
34. Chief port of Yemen.
36. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
43. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
46. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
47. Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.
49. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
50. A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
51. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
52. A master's degree in fine arts.

DOWN

1. Thin fibrous bark of the paper mulberry and Pipturus albidus.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. A light touch or stroke.
4. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
5. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
6. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
7. (usually plural) A destructive action.
8. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
9. English monk and scholar (672-735).
10. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
22. An enclosed space.
23. Being one hundred more than three hundred.
25. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. An informal term for a father.
29. A brittle gray crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors.
30. Half the width of an em.
32. How long something has existed.
33. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
37. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
38. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
39. God of love and erotic desire.
40. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
41. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
42. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
44. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
45. An awkward stupid person.
48. A gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group.

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