Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
- 1 Across
- The back of a ___
- 6 Across
- Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing
- 8 Across
- North American republic containing 50 ___ - 48 conterminous ___ in North America plus Alaska
- 11 Across
- A traveler who actively rides an animal (plural)
- 13 Across
- The largest city in ___ ___ State and in the United States
- 15 Across
- Study of what happened in the past
- 16 Across
- Someone who hunts game
- 2 Down
- A person who owns or operates a ___
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- To be engaged in a ___
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- A ship ___ 40 miles long across the Isthmus of ___ built by the United States
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- Armed fighting between countries
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- People who make and enforce a country's laws
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- The ___ forces of a nation
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- Wanting in physical strength
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- The act of firing a projectile
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