Crossword Puzzle Number 5696 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. Former measure of the US economy.
4. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
8. A doctor's degree in dental surgery.
11. Of or relating to a member of the Buddhist people inhabiting the Mekong river in Laos and Thailand.
12. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
13. A period of time spent sleeping.
14. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Tag the base runner to get him out.
17. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
18. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
19. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
22. The cry made by sheep.
26. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers.
29. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
32. A small cake leavened with yeast.
36. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
37. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
39. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
41. The month following March and preceding May.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. The basic unit of money in Western Samoa.
51. Aromatic bulb used as seasoning.
52. Type genus of the family Myacidae.
53. A fraudulent business scheme.
54. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
55. An associate degree in applied science.
56. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
57. A master's degree in fine arts.
58. A metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

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1. A compact mass.
2. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
3. A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry).
4. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
5. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
6. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
7. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
8. A nucleic acid consisting of large molecules shaped like a double helix.
9. An informal term for a father.
10. A detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work.
15. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
20. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
25. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
30. Informal terms for a mother.
31. A Russian river.
33. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
34. A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
35. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
40. Common Indian weaverbird.
42. An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as guilt about surviving or reliving the trauma in dreams or numbness and lack of involvement with reality or recurrent thoughts and images.
43. God of love and erotic desire.
44. The inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers.
45. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
46. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
48. The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function.
50. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.

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