One who's off-base? Crossword Clue

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One who's off-base? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
2. (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OFF-BASE (adjective)
1. located outside a military base
BASE (noun)
1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
2. lowest support of a structure
BASE (adjective)
1. of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense)
2. illegitimate
BASE (verb)
1. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
2. use as a basis for; found on

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