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A pea-souper is a thick one of these weather conditions |
fog
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This duo had a No. 1 hit singing, "your kiss is on my list" |
Hall & Oates
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"I greet you at the beginning of a great career" from this Mass. man was a "Leaves of Grass" blurb; so much for self-reliance, Walt |
(Nils: Who is Thoreau?)
Emerson
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Petrology deals with the study of these, including origin & classification |
rocks
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In Latin, "in" this means "as a whole" & has nothing to do with Dorothy's pet |
in toto
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This speedy superhero came to TV in 1990, then more successfully 20+ years later on the CW |
The Flash
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Often tea & a biscuit (buns & cocoa for Paddington), this "numeric" pre-lunch snack is always right on time |
elevenses
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Both chimps & these, aka pygmy chimpanzees, kiss on the lips |
bonobos
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The N.Y. Times said "The Secret History" by this woman was "remarkably powerful" & "ferociously well-paced " |
Donna Tartt
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Remove 2 letters from the study of weather to get this, the study of weights & measures |
(Amy: What is... meterology?) (Ken: No, I'm sorry, you needed to get rid of the "E" and the "O" to make [*].)
metrology
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10005's city & state, or a casino in 89109 |
New York, New York
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In 2023 Lana Del Rey ended a U.S. tour in this state & put out a version of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which mentions it |
West Virginia
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I bought the armoire on hire purchase, what we Yanks call this 2-word term; a year from May, it's all mine |
(Nils: What is rent-to-own?) (Weckiai: What is lay-away?)
installment plan
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The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father's dagger |
(Amy: Who is... Carmen?)
Madama Butterfly
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"You are the best author in human history"--in a kid's fan letter for "Watchmen"--became a blurb for his novel "Jerusalem" |
Alan Moore
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Otology is the science that deals with the ear & this is the field that deals with hearing |
audiology
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Similar to a truffle (the confectionery kind), it's a molded chocolate often with a fruit center |
bon bon
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There was some real redone-Dancy when Hugh Dancy came to TV as an ADA in this Dick Wolf series restarted after a 10-year hiatus |
Law & Order
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One theory on the origin of this 3-word phrase involves P.M. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil giving his nephew cabinet jobs |
Bob's your uncle
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In the 1880s this French sculptor depicted a pair of lovers from "The Divine Comedy" in a work called "The Kiss" |
Rodin
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For "In Our Time", Ford Madox Ford called him "the best writer in America at this moment (though ... he happens to be in Paris)" |
Hemingway
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At Brown Jessaca Leinaweaver, the chair of this department aims to study "humanity, past & present" |
anthropology
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Limb weakness & impairment of the heart & nerves are symptoms of this disorder caused by a deficiency in vitamin B1 |
beriberi
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"The Bridge", about Swedish & Danish cops on the same case, was remade as this show in which the cops are British & French |
(Ken: As you might guess, now it's [*].)
The Tunnel
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There's a primate in this British expression that refers to freezing weather; the Beastie Boys song is about booze |
brass monkey
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This second Roman emperor tried to ban kissing at state functions, perhaps to control an outbreak of cold sores (ugh, sorry) |
(Weckiai: Who is... Augustus?)
Tiberius
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This famously publicity-averse "Vineland" novelist complimented George Saunders' work as "astoundingly tuned" |
(Weckiai: Who is... Cormac McCarthy?)
Thomas Pynchon
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William James' 1890 "The Principles of" this is considered a classic in the field |
Psychology
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Kirk's, the largest variety of this African antelope, can be just 14 inches tall & weigh but 8 pounds |
a dik-dik
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In 2003 No Doubt charted with "It's My Life", first a 1984 hit for this group that could be in the REPETITION category |
Talk Talk
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