Crossword Puzzle Number 8056 (Extra Small Grid)

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1. A state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees.
4. An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.
8. A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived.
11. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
12. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
13. The upper side of the thighs of a seated person.
14. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
15. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
17. A brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur.
18. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
20. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
24. True firs.
28. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
32. 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.
34. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
35. The sixth month of the civil year.
36. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
40. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
44. A small cake leavened with yeast.
47. A port city in southwestern Iran.
50. An indistinct shapeless form.
52. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
53. Mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls.
54. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
55. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.

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1. Type genus of the Majidae.
2. The granite-like rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust.
3. (informal) Exceptionally good.
4. A recognizable kind.
5. (informal) Of the highest quality.
6. Type genus of the Sialidae.
7. A public promotion of some product or service.
8. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
9. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
10. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
16. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
19. Having the leading position or higher score in a contest.
21. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River.
25. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
26. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
27. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
29. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
31. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
33. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
37. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
39. With no effort to conceal.
40. A small piece of cloth.
41. German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968).
42. Offering fun and gaiety.
43. Type genus of the Anatidae.
45. A long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur.
46. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. An informal term for a father.
50. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
51. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.

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