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SORRY THE PLACE IS A MESS |
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I have an owie, & I hear this adhesive brand "Heals the wound fast, heals the hurt faster" |
Band-Aid
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He spent a lot more time in Kansas than he would have otherwise to prepare "In Cold Blood" |
Truman Capote
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This country singer from Wyomissing sang the national anthem at a 76ers game at 11 & had her 1st single, "Tim McGraw", at age 16 |
(Elliot: Who is Shania Twain?) (Mike: Who is Trisha Yearwood?)
Taylor Swift
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The Rolling Stones: "(But I Like It)" |
(Elliot: What is "I Don't Love It"?) (Vaughan: What is "I Know [*]?") (Alex: Yeah. We'll accept that.)
"It's Only Rock 'N' Roll"
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I'm King Minos--welcome to my palace on this Greek island; haven't picked up much in the last 3,500 years |
Crete
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Oral-B's Complete Deep Clean Ultra this hits those hard-to-reach spots |
(Mike: What is a toothbrush?)
dental floss
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At last count there were 16 books in this apocalyptic series that began with "A Novel of the Earth's Last Days" |
Left Behind
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This general from Uniontown won the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan helping European recovery |
(George) Marshall
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Blue Oyster Cult: "(Don't Fear)" |
"The Reaper"
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The temple at Tollan, Mexico was once the religious center of thousands of these "Tol" people |
Toltec
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Surplus opposite (7) |
a deficit
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This indigestion relief product from Novartis gets an "AA" for effort |
Maalox
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Nicholas Sparks has set many novels, including "Safe Haven" & "Nights in Rodanthe", in this, his home state |
North Carolina
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NFL quarterbacks from Pennsylvania include Dan Marino & this man, "Broadway Joe" |
Joe Namath
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Rihanna: "(In The World)" |
(Elliot: What is "One Less Lonely Girl"?)
"Only Girl"
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A backless sofa (5) |
a divan
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It's the ultra strength pain relieving cream by this brand, not the Browns running back of the same name |
Bengay
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Tom Wolfe wrote about the fall of Wall Street master of the universe Sherman McCoy in this, his first novel |
Bonfire of the Vanities
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This author's early novels, including one about Harry Angstrom, were set in his native Pennsylvania |
John Updike
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Sheena Easton: "(Nine To Five)" |
"Morning Train"
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Add two letters to a Roman title to get the name of this Israeli city of Roman ruins |
Caesarea
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The usually wealthy widow of a king (7) |
a dowager
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Swabpoules of this 7-letter brand stop bleeding of minor abrasions within 10 to 20 seconds |
StipTik
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A little birdie told us Donna Tartt won a 2014 Pulitzer prize for this novel that deals with a small, mysterious painting |
Goldfinch
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This 19th century educator known for his "Readers" began teaching at age 14 with little formal education |
(William) McGuffey
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Tina Turner: "(Thunderdome)" |
"We Don't Need Another Hero"
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Pueblo Bonito is one of the ruins of the ancestral Pueblo culture also known by this Navajo word |
Anasazi
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Checkers, in Cheshire (8) |
[Elliot pronounces it like "drawts"; Alex pronounces it like "drafts" in his confirmation of Elliot's answer.]
draughts
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