Crossword Puzzle Number 4417 (Small Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
4. A family of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in southeastern Asia.
9. Strike sharply.
13. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
14. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
15. A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea.
16. A master's degree in business.
17. Marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude.
18. A sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.
19. A mountainous island in western Indonesia.
21. Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby.
23. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
24. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
25. A small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool.
29. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
33. Lacking excess flesh.
34. System of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds.
35. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
36. Add ions to.
38. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments).
39. Used of a single unit or thing.
40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus.
49. Enthusiastic approval.
52. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
54. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
57. Type genus of the family Arcidae.
58. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
59. Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.
60. Dutch astronomer who proved that the galaxy is rotating and proposed the existence of the Oort cloud (1900-1992).
61. The Fate who spins the thread of life.
62. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade.
63. 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza.

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1. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor.
2. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
3. A fraudulent business scheme.
4. A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East.
5. Little known Kamarupan languages.
6. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
7. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
8. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs.
9. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
10. Agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor.
11. A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically.
12. The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
20. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
22. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
26. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
27. Something causes misery or death.
28. (informal) Of the highest quality.
30. A solution containing a phosphate buffer.
31. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
37. Stain (furniture) black to make it look like ebony.
41. A card game for 2 players.
42. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
43. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
44. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
46. A mark to indicate a direction or relation.
47. The iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell.
48. Italian violin maker in Cremona.
50. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
51. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
53. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).
55. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
56. A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant.

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