Crossword Puzzle Number 5953 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A master's degree in business.
4. A cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie.
8. God of the earth.
11. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
12. South American armadillo with three bands of bony plates.
13. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
14. Having much flesh (especially fat).
15. A Mid-Atlantic state.
16. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
18. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
20. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
22. (criminal law) Money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.
25. An accountant certified by the state.
27. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
29. Extremely pleasing.
32. Designer drug designed to have the effects of amphetamines (it floods the brain with serotonin) but to avoid the drug laws.
33. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. A logarithmic unit of sound intensity.
37. The cry made by sheep.
38. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
42. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano.
46. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
47. Set down according to a plan.
51. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala.
52. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
53. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its mother and raised by hand.
54. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
55. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
56. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
57. The residue that remains when something is burned.

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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.
4. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
5. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
6. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
7. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
8. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
9. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
10. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
17. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
19. West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
21. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
24. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
28. A doctor's degree in optometry.
30. A public promotion of some product or service.
31. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
34. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
35. An associate degree in applied science.
39. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
40. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools.
41. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
43. Type genus of the Amiidae.
44. South African term for `boss'.
45. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
48. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
49. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
50. A young woman making her debut into society.

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