Crossword Puzzle Number 7952 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran.
8. A castrated tomcat.
11. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. Canadian hockey player (born 1948).
14. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
16. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars (1769-1815).
17. The cry made by sheep.
18. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
20. In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be.
22. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
27. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
28. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
29. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
31. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
34. A Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph.
37. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
39. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
42. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
44. A light touch or stroke.
46. Type genus of the Majidae.
47. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
49. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
50. A bachelor's degree in library science.
51. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
52. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
53. A stock exchange in New York.

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1. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
2. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
3. An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
4. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
5. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
6. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
7. Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809).
8. A desert in central Asia.
9. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in western Asia.
10. (informal) Exceptionally good.
15. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
19. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
21. Not only so, but.
23. Portuguese explorer who in 1488 was the first European to get round the Cape of Good Hope (thus establishing a sea route from the Atlantic to Asia) (1450-1500).
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
30. A flexible container with a single opening.
32. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
33. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
35. A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll.
36. Lower in esteem.
38. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
40. A strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula.
41. Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.

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