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LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" |
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Miko are women dedicated to working with the Kami, this Japanese religion's sacred powers |
Shinto
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King Arthur's conjurer (6) |
Merlin
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This name of a Berber-inhabited region of Africa was applied to a wild & woolly district of San Francisco |
Barbary Coast
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Pres. Harding's interior secretary Albert Fall spent 9 months in prison for his role in this scandal |
Teapot Dome
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The source of "The Two Noble Kinsmen", probably co-written by Shakespeare, was this author's "The Knight's Tale" |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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In 1932 Peg Entwhistle jumped from the first letter of this local landmark |
the Hollywood Sign
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Dick may spot a Jain in this country -- the Jains originated there |
India
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Mother Wolf's human cub (6) |
Mowgli
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The USA's coast ranges include the Klamath Mountains of Oregon & the Kenai Mountains of this state |
(Corey: What is Hawaii?)
Alaska
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In 1823 he declared that the Americas were no longer "subjects for future colonization" by European powers |
James Monroe
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At the beginning of "The Tempest" he tells his daughter Miranda he was once the Duke of Milan |
Prospero
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This gangster was gunned down in his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home June 20, 1947 |
Bugsy Siegel
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These 2 ancient & opposite forces are symbolized in China by a white tiger & an azure dragon |
Yin & Yang
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Ashley Wilkes' wife (& cousin) (7) |
(Paul: Who is Mellie?)
Melanie
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L.A.'s Sunset Boulevard ends at this road known as PCH |
Pacific Coast Highway
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When Congress first met in 1789, the House of Representatives had 65 members; today there are this many |
435
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A 1958 Three Stooges short changed "All" to "Oil" in this Shakespeare title |
All's Well That Ends Well
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He was on his way to compete in a car race when he crashed Sept. 30, 1955 |
James Dean
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Members of the Society of Friends are Quakers & members of the Society of Jesus are these |
Jesuits
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Twain's "Stranger" or Verne's "Island" (10) |
Mysterious
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This region provided the title of a film in which Harrison Ford moves his family to Central America |
The Mosquito Coast
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After a close & bitter contest, this Illinois Democrat lost her Senate seat in 1998 |
Carol Moseley Braun
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Considered Shakespeare's first comedy, as its title shows he wanted you to know it was one |
The Comedy of Errors
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Her daughter Cheryl's stabbing of Johnny Stompanato was ruled justifiable homicide |
(Paul: Who is Jayne Mansfield?)
Lana Turner
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Michael Flatley could be challenged by Nataraja, a Hindu cosmic being whose name means this in Sanskrit |
Lord of the Dance
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Austen's "Park", or author Katherine (9) |
Mansfield
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A former British colony now part of Ghana, or a city in Queensland, Australia |
Gold Coast
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To encourage the issuance of more paper money, farmers in the 1870s formed this political party |
(Shelby: What is the Populist Party?)
the Greenback Party
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The story goes, Queen Elizabeth wanted to see Falstaff in love so Shakespeare quickly wrote this comedy |
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Floral nickname of aspiring actress Betty Short, victim of a still unsolved 1947 murder |
"The Black Dahlia"
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