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Across
  1. 1. The world's tallest mountain, base to peak
  2. 2. Cosmonaut Gagarin
  3. 3. U.S. state closest to Africa
  4. 6. "Odyssey" author
  5. 7. California's driest place
  6. 8. First two time nobel winner
  7. 12. A ___ of crows
  8. 13. Shoelace tip
  9. 14. Number of feet between baseball bases
  10. 16. H.S. class covering court cases
  11. 17. Planet whose day is longer than its year
Down
  1. 1. Powerhouse of the cell
  2. 4. Outer skin layer
  3. 5. Five-sided flag country
  4. 9. Computing pioneer Lovelace
  5. 10. Resistance to change
  6. 11. Deaf composer
  7. 15. Fe