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    | In 1802 he wrote that "Anyone standing beside me could hear at a distance a flute that I could not hear" | Ludwig van Beethoven 
 
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    | The opposite of matte, it follows "lip" in a cosmetic that makes lips shiny | gloss 
 
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    | You'll find Lake Louise & Great Bear Lake in this large country | Canada 
 
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    | Playing against Paul, Jackie Gleason racked up some points in this 1961 film | The Hustler 
 
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    | In Jan. 1851 he had his first known piece published: "A Gallant Fireman", in Hannibal's Western Union | Mark Twain 
 
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    | The clue I am reading had an example of a shift in this | tense 
 
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    | This Italian wrote 37 operas, from "Demetrio e Polibio" in 1806 to "William Tell" in 1829 | Gioachino Rossini 
 
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    | Also a style of carpet, this hairstyle consists of overlapping layers | shag 
 
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    | The longest river in New York state, it's been called the "Rhine of America" | Hudson 
 
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    | This '63 Newman pic won Oscars for Patricia Neal & Melvyn Douglas | Hud 
 
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    | Hello!  He wrote "Farewell, My Lovely" & "The Long Goodbye" | Raymond Chandler 
 
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    | Its the typographical mark that is missing in the first line of this clue. | apostrophe (in "Its") 
 
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    | The tension of a string orchestra against a solo violin depicts the chill of winter in this 1725 work | (Alex: Sometimes, Cody, magic just seems to happen!) 
 "The Four Seasons"
 
 
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    | The beauty product line "Just For" these women divides them into strawberry blondes & auburns | redheads 
 
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    | You'll find the coastal city of Bekdash in Turkmenistan on this large inland "sea" | Caspian Sea 
 
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    | 1975's "The Drowning Pool" was a sequel to this 1966 film | Harper 
 
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    | "Stupid White Man" is a 2002 rant from this "TV Nation" host | Michael Moore 
 
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    | In a sentence, this noun & its verb has -- excuse me, have to agree in number | subject 
 
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    | In 1896 this "Scheherazade" composer reorchestrated Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" | (Brad: Who is Ravel?) 
 Rimsky-Korsakov
 
 
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    | In 1999 Gwyneth Paltrow accepted her Oscar with her hair pulled back into this French-named knot | (Brad: What is a French braid?) 
 chignon
 
 
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    | Due to its excessive flooding, this colorful body of water is known as "China's Sorrow" | Yellow River 
 
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    | Based on an Elmore Leonard western novel, this 1967 film put Paul in Arizona around 1880 | Hombre 
 
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    | This 1935 novel by Horace McCoy is a tale of murder & marathon dancing | "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" 
 
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    | Flout, meaning "to show scorn for", is often confused with this word meaning "to show off" | flaunt 
 
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    | This Austrian's 1910 8th Symphony is also known as "Symphony of a Thousand" for the number needed to perform it | (Brad: Who is Schoenberg?) 
 Gustav Mahler
 
 
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    | Lancome's Effacernes & Clinique's City Cover are classified by their makers as this type of cosmetic | (Sarah: What is foundation?) 
 concealers
 
 
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    | The size of Belgium, this deep Russian lake is home to a rare variety of freshwater seal | (Brad: What is Lake Baikul?) 
 Lake Baikal
 
 
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    | In this 1994 Coen Brothers '50s fantasy, Paul was the villain | The Hudsucker Proxy 
 
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    | Old Ben is this title character of a Faulkner novelette | "The Bear" 
 
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    | 8-letter term for a "sentence" error.  Found in the present clue. | fragment 
 
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