Crossword Puzzle Number 6879 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. A small cake leavened with yeast.
8. An associate degree in applied science.
11. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
12. Very dark black.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
15. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation.
17. An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores.
18. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
20. In bed.
23. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
25. Strong and sharp.
27. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
30. An informal term for a father.
32. (Polynesian) An alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
39. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.
42. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
47. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
48. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
49. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
50. A metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter.
51. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.

DOWN

1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
4. Cut the head of.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Italian lawn bowling (played on a long narrow dirt court).
7. Used of a single unit or thing.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
10. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
16. New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress.
19. English essayist (1775-1834).
21. Minor or subordinate.
22. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
24. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
26. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. Being five more than one hundred.
29. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
31. A radioactive transuranic element.
33. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
36. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
37. An Indian nursemaid who looks after children.
38. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
39. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
40. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
41. A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element.
43. Late time of life.
44. The cry made by sheep.
46. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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