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AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC MAKERS |
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HELP ME WITH THIS CROSSWORD! |
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Hits by this "Godfather of Soul" include 1969's "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" |
James Brown
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Ancient Greek scientist Archytas of Tarentum was a friend of this man who gave his name to a type of friendship |
Plato
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Kneading develops proteins in this stretchy stuff so it can rise to make bread |
dough
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This country's northernmost point is on Ellesmere Island |
Canada
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23 Across: Lowly, as labor |
menial
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His doctoral thesis was on the rendezvous of piloted spacecraft & he had his own rendezvous with Armstrong |
Buzz Aldrin
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In 1955 this "royal" singer had 7 Top 40 hits, including "If I May" & "Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" |
Nat King Cole
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John Forster, this man's closest friend, was portrayed as Mr. Podsnap in his "Our Mutual Friend" |
Dickens
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Engineers have built on the work of T.Y. Lin, developer of the "pre-stressed" type of this material |
concrete
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You'll find Moscow & Paris in this U.S. state that's also home to the Craters of the Moon |
(Dave: What is Texas?)
Idaho
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15 Across: Calabrian omelette |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
frittata
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In Gemini 5, this man called "Gordo" became the first man to make a second orbital flight |
Cooper
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As a boy, this master of bebop sax moved to Kansas City, Mo. (a jazz hotbed) from Kansas City, Kansas (not) |
(Charlie) Parker
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This science fiction giant who wrote "The Door Into Summer" was "Bob" to his friend L. Ron Hubbard |
(Andy: Who is Asimov?)
Robert Heinlein
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It's used in light bulbs because with the highest melting point of any metal it just keeps glowing |
tungsten
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Beihai in China & Haiphong in Vietnam are ports on this gulf |
Gulf of Tonkin
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More people visited this Russian space station, launched in 1986, than all previous stations combined |
Mir
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(Hi, I'm Buddy Guy.) I'm gonna play a blues number by this Delta blues legend |
(Dave: Who is Muddy Waters?)
Robert Johnson
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Reporter Lorena Hickok (1893-1968) was a friend of this first lady for 30 years |
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Cryosurgery for the skin usually employs this gaseous element in liquid form, at about -260 degrees |
nitrogen
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Patagonia includes the Argentine part of this archipelago |
Tierra del Fuego
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This black soprano born in Augusta, Georgia made "conquests" in roles like Jocasta & Aida |
(Andy: Who is Marian Anderson?) (Sarah: Who is Price?)
Jessye Norman
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This friend & assistant to J. Edgar Hoover rose to FBI Associate Director in 1947 |
Clyde Tolson
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It's the popular & durable 4-letter wood seen here |
[An elephant holding tree a trunk was shown.] (Andy: What is cork?)
teak
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The Moldau River flows through this city that was the site of a famous 1618 defenestration |
Prague
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