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1
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uvea

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colored part of the eye

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olio

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mixture, mishmash

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tau

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“T” in Greek

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eels

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congers

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lea

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grassy, grazing expanse, meadow

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t hole

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oar fulcrum

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tarsi

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ankle bones

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taw

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glass-shooter, marble

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monad

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one-celled organism

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gretes

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ridges on ranges

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dace

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minnow

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Babu

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Hindi: Mr.

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Erie

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Buffalo’s canal

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Eire

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Ireland

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abaci

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abacus plural

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tonne

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1,000 kilograms

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faena

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bullfighter’s pass

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imbrue

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steep tea

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aegis

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armor plate

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Iago

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Aladdin parrot, Othello’s right hand

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Agee

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“Death in the Family” author

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abase

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badmouth

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sake

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rice wine

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viva voce

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oral

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Pei

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JFK Library architect

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OBie

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Off-Broadway award

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Rafael Nadal

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tennis great

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Shiraz

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City in Iran

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slat

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Venetian blind part

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auric

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gold-related

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Milo O’Shea

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“Ulysses” (Joyce) character

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CLIO

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Madison Avenue reward, best ad

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senna

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cathartic plant, laxative

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Avila

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walled city of Spain

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raga

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Hindu music, Ravi Shankar’s tunes

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Swiftboat

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Vietnam War craft

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rara aves

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rare bird

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cossett

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pamper, keep like a pet

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sprat

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herring-like fish

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Remy-Martin

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cognac

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apt

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likely

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tar

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coal distillate

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lade

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load, burden

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etre

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to be (French)

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Grimaldi

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lava-filled crater

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UAR

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Egypt once

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medoc

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French claret, red Bordeaux

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Sade

A

radio’s “Vic and…”

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Leo I

A

pope 440-461

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meld

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pinochle term

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idee

A

thought (French)

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52
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soma

A

body (Greek)

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Etonian

A

James Bond, e.g.

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cretin

A

obtuse person

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Baccalaureate

A

4-yr. degree

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Isao Aoki

A

golf great

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57
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tapir

A

South American animal

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Lorax

A

Seuss hero

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FTC

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Commerce agency, Federal Trade Commission

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Marat

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French revolutionary leader

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t-note

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Federal bill, treasury note

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Freida Pinto

A

of “Slum Dog Millionaire”

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bell captain

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hotel supervisor

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Veda

A

Hindu scripture

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Leo V

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10th century pope

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Tige

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Buster Brown’s dog

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coho

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type of salmon

68
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Anil Kapoor

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of “Slum Dog Millionaire”

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Elroy

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Jetson’s son

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Oriforme

A

Jean Arps sculpture

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Alu with Claws

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Jean Arps sculpture

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Georges Simenon

A

“Maigret” (movie) creator, producer

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pea

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coal size type

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Peter II

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Alexei Petrovich’s only son

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erat

A

it was (Latin)

76
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Oola

A

dancer in “Return of the Jedi”

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Nicholas Roeg

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director of “Man Who Fell to Earth” (David Bowie film)

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George Boole

A

computer pioneer, Boolean logic

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dado

A

wainscot

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rien

A

nothing (French)

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taro

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poi source, root vegetable

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Agha

A

Turkish title

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ete

A

summer (Frnech)

84
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Ossa

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mountain in Thessali, Thessalia (northern Greece)

85
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nie

A

never (German)

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Etna

A

Sicilian volcano

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yegg

A

petty burglar

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Arles

A

Van Gogh’s French home

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rive

A

tear apart

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apre

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after (French)

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corniche

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road cut into a cliff

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neu

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modern (German)

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noir

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black (French)

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R.S.A.

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Soweto’s nation (Republic of South Africa)

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oda

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harem’s spot

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sari

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Indian women’s garment, Rani’s

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in sum

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briefly

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noh

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Japanese drama

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OSS

A

CIA forerunner

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erne

A

sea flier, white-tailed eagle

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cob

A

male swan

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sei

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baleen whale, smaller than blue and fin whales

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do rag

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kerchief that covers the head

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arn

A

Scottish alder

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paean

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song of joy, tribute

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“Ni Hao, Kai-Lan”

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anime cartoon show

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MOHS

A

mineral hardness scale

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viand

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article of food

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mir

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to me (German)

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Osa

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explorer Johnson, female filmmaker, wife of Martin

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ogee

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pointed arch, feature of English Gothic architecture in the later thirteenth century

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rial

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Iran and Oman monetary unit, mullah’s moolah

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Jacob Riis

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urban reformer, “muck-raking” journalist

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orzo

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form of short-cut pasta, shaped like a large grain of rice

115
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Thomas Arne

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“Rule Britannia” composer

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Leman

A

Swiss lake

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Aire

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English river

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cesta

A

Jai-Alai basket

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ambi…

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both (prefix)

120
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equi…

A

proportionate (prefix)

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AFC

A

FM tuner feature, Automatic, Frequency Control

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skywave

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skip radio transmission

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naia

A

cobra genus

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sloe

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blackthorn, relative of the plum

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Mali

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African Federation

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erst

A

former, before

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L-dopa

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drug from broad beans, fava beans

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meme

A

same (French)

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mer

A

sea (French

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sie

A

you (German)

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oncle

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uncle (French)

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tante

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aunt (French)

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amoi

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mine (French)

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ecu

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shield, heraldry symbol, Middle Ages France

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Ulan Bator

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia capital

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Tana

A

Ethiopian lake

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axil

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botanist measure: angle between a branch or leaf and the axis from which it arises

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Julian Barnes

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author, won Booker Prize

139
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Robert Donat

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“Goodbye, Mr. Chips”

140
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prie-dieu

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prayer desk

141
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Nino Rota

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Italian compser

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Ione Skye

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actress, daughter of singer, Donovan

143
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unos

A

some (Latin)

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ange

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cherub, angel (French)

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Ulm

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Einstein’s birthplace, on the Danube

146
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ionic

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Greek column style, thinnest,

147
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doric

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Greek column style, simplest

148
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Corinthian

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Greek column style, most ornamented

149
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Eris

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Greek goddess of strife

150
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lader

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loader, stevedore

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ente

A

duck (German)

152
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Barbara O’Neil

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Ellen O’Hara (mother) “Gone with the Wind”

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Erte

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Deco artist, Romain de Tirtoff

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xebec

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zebec, similar to galleys used by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates, oars & sails

155
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legerity

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alert facile quickness of mind or body

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