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1. Tag the base runner to get him out.
4. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
8. A youthful male person.
11. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
12. One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes.
13. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
14. A genus of Ploceidae.
17. A state in northwestern North America.
18. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
22. The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.
24. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
25. A boy or man.
26. Call upon in supplication.
28. A Hindu prince or king in India.
31. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
34. The ninth month of the Hindu calendar.
37. An Arabic speaking person who lives in Arabia or North Africa.
40. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. A luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source.
45. (informal) Of the highest quality.
46. The federal agency that insures residential mortgages.
47. An instinctive motive.
48. An interest followed with exaggerated zeal.
49. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
50. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology.
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1. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
2. Any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses.
3. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
4. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
5. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
6. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
7. A doctor's degree in religion.
8. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
9. Leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper.
10. Not only so, but.
15. A light touch or stroke.
16. The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan.
19. Essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
20. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
21. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
23. An agency of the United Nations affiliated with the World Bank.
27. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
29. A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow).
30. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
32. Any plant of the genus Erica.
33. Held back.
35. A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
36. Greek mythology.
38. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 1922).
39. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
42. A master's degree in fine arts.
43. A tight embrace.
44. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event.
45. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
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