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LOOKING FOR LOVE ON REALITY TV |
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In this Jane Austen novel, William Collins is a minister who has designs on Elizabeth Bennett |
Pride and Prejudice
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The western pygmy blue type of this insect has a wingspan of 3/8 of an inch |
a butterfly
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Debuting in 1965, "The Dating Game" often featured stars before they were stars, including this "Charlie's Angel" |
Farrah Fawcett
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This precedes "Twenties" in the Random House definition "a boisterous era of... jazz, speakeasies and wild youth" |
Roaring
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This Mexican hat with a tall, tapered crown & upturned brim is straw for the poor & felt for richer folks |
a sombrero
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To this French Riviera city, oui! Hit the Promenade de la Croisette & catch a film or 5 |
[Alex reads "Must you be going..." at the beginning of the clue, but it does not appear onscreen.]
Cannes
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Father Lankester Merrin is this title character of a 1971 William Peter Blatty book |
(Maire: I don't know.)
The Exorcist
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This 2-word item, pressed to summon help, was a real item used in WWII-era military planes |
a panic button
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After the success of "Flavor of Love", VH1 created "Rock of Love", starring this lead singer of Poison |
Bret Michaels
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The first birds "park"ed themselves about 150 million years ago in this period |
the Jurassic
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England's Yeoman Warders wear this hat with a narrow brim & soft high crown & are also called by that name |
beefeaters
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Yes, to Ulan Bator in this country to find peace at the Gandan Monastery |
Mongolia
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In this Colleen McCullough novel, Meggie Cleary & parish priest Ralph de Bricassart fall in love |
The Thorn Birds
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The Pacific type of this fish can grow more than 8 feet long |
a halibut
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The rose knows in 2003 Trista Rehn was the first of these title eligible women |
The Bachelorette
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"Building" term for the post-Civil War period of 1865 to 1877, when a lot of it was needed |
Reconstruction
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This "aquatic" hat was once popular for summer wear |
a boater
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To this troubled peninsula--maybe not, especially after it voted to join Russia in March 2014 |
Crimea
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Famed evangelist Billy Sunday reportedly called Sinclair Lewis "Satan's Cohort" for writing this 1927 novel |
Elmer Gantry
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In traditional debate, each side makes both a constructive speech & this kind of speech |
a rebuttal
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If you want the services of "Matchmaker" Patti Stanger, you'd better be this type of person also in the title |
a millionaire
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A 1991 Douglas Coupland novel, or a nickname for the generation born in the U.S. after 1965 |
Generation X
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A hat with this Spanish occupational name resembles the top of a bull's head, with 2 projections like horns |
matador (toreador accepted)
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To this Somalian capital, nah, as a local cop said, "We use sticks to stop cars, but they only listen to gun-toting soldiers" |
Mogadishu
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Hugo wrote that this Archdeacon of Notre Dame "had been destined from infancy... for the ecclesiastical state" |
Frollo
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It's an external support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts |
a buttress
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Girlfriend, it's the network where you'll find "Find Me My Man" & "Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too" |
(Maire: What is Lifetime?)
Oxygen
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It's the 6-letter age in the late 19th century U.S. noted for an expanding economy & big plutocrats |
the Gilded Age
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Liebchen, a Tyrolean hat is green und usually has one of these in the brim, from einem Vogel |
[Alex reads the clue with a German accent.]
a feather
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To this Dutch dependency that'a the southern third of a Caribbean island, yes; it gets a "double A" rating |
St. Maarten
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