CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO |
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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" |
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PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS WE KNOW |
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Members of the American Indian movement seized this then-unoccupied island in 1969 & were forced off in 1971 |
(Roberta: What is... oh!)
Alcatraz Island
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In a way, this show whose theme is heard here was 12,000 years in the making |
The Flintstones
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"King" of nonsense poets (4) |
(Edward) Lear
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If someone wants you caught & is offering a reward, you have this "on your head" |
a price
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E.-C. Genet, an 18th c. French minister to the U.S., undermined the neutrality policy of this pres., who got him recalled |
(Jessica: Who is Jefferson?) (Roberta: Who is Monroe?)
George Washington
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This antonym of "to mark" is a synonym of "efface" & rhymes with it |
erase
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1971--those were the days for this show |
All in the Family
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"Sheepish" essayist Charles (4) |
Lamb
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Merv could tell you this monster who drew the chariot of the sun may come from Indo-Iranian mythology |
griffin
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Vijaya Pandit saw both sides of the Cold War as ambassador of this country to the U.S. & USSR in the 1940s |
India
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The traditional mark of someone who can't sign his name has this opposite in tic-tac-toe |
O
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This poet was the first black--& the first female--streetcar conductor in San Francisco |
Maya Angelou
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This sitcom's theme song is heard here |
Bewitched
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Natty Bumppo's accessory, or his nickname (15) |
(Roberta: What is Longs... stock?)
Leatherstocking
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Last name of the "kinky" author of "'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out" who ran for Texas governor in 2006 |
Friedman
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In 1919 former British foreign minister Grey came over to try to nudge the U.S. into this world body--no dice |
the League of Nations
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It's at the opposite end of a race from your mark |
finish
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An elaborate 1915 San Francisco expo celebrated the completion of this, which made it much easier to sail to the city |
the Panama Canal
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I'm so glad you had the time to tell me this zany variety show whose theme is heard here |
The Carol Burnett Show
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Robin Hood's pseudonym in "Ivanhoe", or Tennyson's "Hall" (8) |
(Jessica: ...I don't know.)
Locksley
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18th century English writer Samuel & a motel-chain founder both had this last name |
Johnson
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Carlos de Icaza, ambassador from this country, attended the 2005 inauguration of the new mayor of Los Angeles |
Mexico
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Mark as in "mark my words" means "pay attention"; this opposite word is from the Latin for "to not know" |
ignore
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It was once a military post under the flag of Spain; it's now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
the Presidio
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Stand back! It's the '70s action series whose theme is heard here |
(Kerry: What is Starsky and Hutch?)
S.W.A.T.
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James T. Farrell's Studs (7) |
Lonigan
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It's the 820-mile-long river represented here |
(Roberta: What's the Nile?)
the Rhine
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Vincent Massey was Canada's first minister to the U.S. & later the first non-Brit to hold this post |
(Alex: He was the first native-born Canadian to be [*]. We have less than a minute to deal with the remaining six clues.)
governor-general
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As "mark" can mean "to make conspicuous", one antonym could be this synonym of "skin" |
hide
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