Crossword Puzzle Number 998 (Extra Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. A guided missile fired from shipboard against an airborne target.
4. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
7. Type genus of the Anatidae.
11. An accountant certified by the state.
12. Being ten more than one hundred eighty.
13. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
14. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
15. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
16. The basic unit of money in Iran.
17. (informal) Exceptionally good.
19. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
21. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
22. A resource.
24. A digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
27. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
31. A poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States.
33. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
35. A light touch or stroke.
37. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
38. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
40. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
44. The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm.
46. By bad luck.
49. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
50. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
51. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
53. A white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves.
54. A doctor's degree in education.
55. A girl or young woman who is unmarried.

DOWN

1. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
2. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
3. God of death.
4. Being ten more than one hundred thirty.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Divulge information or secrets.
7. A port in southwestern Scotland.
8. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
9. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
10. A cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
18. Talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
20. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
23. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
26. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
28. A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.
29. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
30. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances.
32. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
34. Of or relating to or involving an area.
35. The month following February and preceding April.
36. An associate degree in applied science.
39. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
40. A ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series.
41. A quantity of no importance.
42. Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food.
43. The time during which someone's life continues.
45. The executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget.
47. A boy or man.
48. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
52. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
53. A public promotion of some product or service.

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