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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
8. (slang) A gangster's pistol.
11. (nautical, aeronautical) Situated at or toward the stern or tail.
12. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. United States physicist (born in Austria) who proposed the exclusion principle (thus providing a theoretical basis for the periodic table) (1900-1958).
16. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
17. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
18. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
20. The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural).
24. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
26. The longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code.
27. In bed.
31. A small cake leavened with yeast.
33. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
35. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
36. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
37. (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing.
39. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
41. One million periods per second.
44. Not only so, but.
46. A workplace for the conduct of scientific research.
49. (of roads) Made of logs laid down crosswise.
51. Goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment.
52. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
53. An informal term for a father.
54. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. (old-fashioned) At or from or to a great distance.
3. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure.
4. Unable to meet financial obligations.
5. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
6. A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element.
7. Any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.
8. Mentally or physically infirm with age.
9. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
10. A fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate.
15. The syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization.
19. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. The bill in a restaurant.
22. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
23. The syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization.
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
28. A flexible container with a single opening.
29. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
30. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
32. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
34. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
38. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
40. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
42. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
43. A coffin along with its stand.
45. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
47. A resource.
48. The cry made by sheep.
49. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
50. A public promotion of some product or service.
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