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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
8. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials.
13. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
14. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. Any federal law-enforcement officer.
16. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea.
17. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
19. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system.
22. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
23. The French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
27. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
30. A Mid-Atlantic state.
31. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
32. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
35. In bed.
38. Slightly open.
42. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
43. A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.
44. Being two more than fifty.
46. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
48. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
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1. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. A small cake leavened with yeast.
4. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
5. Coffee trees.
6. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
7. A doctor's degree in dental medicine.
8. An informal term for a father.
9. Jordan's port.
10. Wood of a sumac.
18. An agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries.
20. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
21. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
24. Being one more than one hundred.
25. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
26. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.
28. A republic in central Africa.
29. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
33. A mythical Greek hero.
34. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
36. Very dark black.
37. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
39. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on.
40. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
41. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
45. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
46. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
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