Crossword Puzzle Number 7391 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A master's degree in business.
4. In bed.
8. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
11. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
12. The chief solid component of mammalian urine.
13. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
14. The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
15. An open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle.
16. An associate degree in applied science.
17. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
20. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
23. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
24. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
31. An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world.
38. United States poet and critic (1899-1979).
42. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
43. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
44. An extension at the end and at right angles to the main building.
45. A light touch or stroke.
46. One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse.
47. Time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.
48. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.

DOWN

1. The 4th planet from the sun.
2. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
3. A large fleet.
4. The month following July and preceding September.
5. (informal) Exceptionally good.
6. The fatty flesh of eel.
7. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
8. Weight to be borne or conveyed.
9. Wearing or provided with clothing.
10. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
18. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
19. (folklore) Fairies that are somewhat mischievous.
21. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
22. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
25. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
26. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
27. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
28. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
29. In an unnatural eery manner.
30. A member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario.
32. Make less active or intense.
33. New Zealand conifer.
36. A republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
37. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
39. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
40. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
41. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

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