Newspaper 2021 March issue

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Across
  1. 2. French philosopher who is considered to be the father of analytical geometry
  2. 6. Baseball player who holds the major league career record for bats per home run ratio
  3. 7. Constellation, Latin name for "little fox"
  4. 9. Species that has the largest population on earth
  5. 10. Also called cowberry, foxberry, or rock cranberry
  6. 12. Primary ingredient/flavor in root beer
  7. 13. Extinct marsupial also known as the Tasmanian Tiger
  8. 14. Pledge sworn physicians as a promise to do no harm
  9. 15. "Beehive state"
  10. 16. Murder mystery game devised in 1943 by Anthony E. Pratt
Down
  1. 1. Dessert made of a meringue shell and various fillings, popular in Australia and New Zealand
  2. 3. Connected to the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea through the straits of Dardanelles
  3. 4. 48th element on the periodic table
  4. 5. Tallest roller coaster in the world
  5. 6. Author of "Gone with the Wind"
  6. 8. Saturn's largest moon
  7. 11. Most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe
  8. 12. right side of a ship