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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof.
8. Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. A French abbot.
13. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
14. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
16. State in northeastern India.
18. A public promotion of some product or service.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
22. A small island.
24. American political cartoonist (1840-1902).
25. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
26. A young woman making her debut into society.
27. A Hindu prince or king in India.
30. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
31. Ground snakes.
34. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
35. Counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood.
37. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
40. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed.
41. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
43. A rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element.
44. Towards the side away from the wind.
45. Type genus of the Amiidae.
48. The rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions.
49. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
50. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
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1. A quantity of no importance.
2. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall.
3. A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
4. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp.
5. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
6. 16 ounces.
7. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot.
8. A genus of Laridae.
9. A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea.
10. United States playwright (born in 1947).
15. (Norse mythology) The heavenly dwelling of the Norse gods (the Aesir) and slain war heroes.
17. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages.
20. Before noon.
21. An informal term for a father.
23. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
28. Of or belonging to an aecium.
29. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
32. True firs.
33. A workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding).
36. (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man.
37. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
38. A city in northern India.
39. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
42. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
46. Informal terms for a mother.
47. A bachelor's degree in religion.
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