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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
7. A French abbot.
11. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
12. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
13. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
14. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
16. (Roman mythology) Roman god of death.
17. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
20. A fatal disease of cattle that affects the central nervous system.
23. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
25. Jordan's port.
27. A telegram sent abroad.
30. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest.
32. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
34. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
35. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.
39. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
43. Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers.
45. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
46. A strong emotion.
47. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
50. A user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon.
51. School of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith.
52. In bed.
53. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
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1. An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight.
2. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
3. A decree that prohibits something.
4. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
5. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
6. Liquid containing proteins and electrolytes including the liquid in blood plasma and interstitial fluid.
7. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden bars supported on uprights.
10. Other than what is under consideration or implied.
15. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
18. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
19. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
21. The cry made by sheep.
22. Noisy talk.
24. Capital and largest city of Iraq.
26. (Sumerian) Goddess personifying earth.
28. 16 ounces.
29. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
31. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
33. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species.
36. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs.
37. German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851).
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
40. Any competition.
41. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
42. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
44. A member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico.
48. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
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