Crossword Puzzle Number 688 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. (music) The pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds.
4. Wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills.
8. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
11. An awkward stupid person.
12. Medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. A decree that prohibits something.
17. A colloid in a more solid form than a sol.
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
20. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
22. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
25. The compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north.
29. The second month of the Moslem calendar.
33. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
35. A public promotion of some product or service.
36. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
44. Type genus of the Caviidae.
45. An accountant certified by the state.
48. The longest division of geological time.
49. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
50. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
51. A nucleic acid that transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm.

DOWN

1. Greenish-yellow pear.
2. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
3. A master's degree in fine arts.
4. Not out.
5. A small cake leavened with yeast.
6. One of the most common of the five major classes of immunoglobulins.
7. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
8. A humorous anecdote or remark.
9. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
10. An island in Indonesia east of Java.
15. The cry made by sheep.
21. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
23. The basic unit of money in Uruguay.
24. 4-wheeled motor vehicle.
26. A light touch or stroke.
27. Of or relating to the stomach and intestines.
28. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
30. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. Extremely pleasing.
32. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
34. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
35. A master's degree in fine arts.
37. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
38. Report or maintain.
39. Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male.
40. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
42. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
43. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
46. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
47. Informal terms for a mother.
48. Having undesirable or negative qualities.

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