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    2004: Jamie Foxx as this musical marvel | 
    Ray Charles
 
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    This country vs. Chechen rebels | 
    Russia
 
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    | Thoreau said, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different" this | 
    (Emily: What is the beat of a different drum?) (Kurt: What is a different drum?) (Greg: What's a different [*]?)
  drummer
 
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    | Containing "1/4 moisturizing lotion", this brand of cleansing bars "won't dry your face like soap can" | 
    Dove
 
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    | Our judges estimate the degree of this 10-letter word meaning "trouble" to be 2.5 | 
    difficulty
 
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    1988: Sigourney Weaver as this battlesome zoologist | 
    Dian Fossey
 
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    This country vs. rebel groups in Darfur | 
    Sudan
 
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    | A "sop to" this mythic canine is a conciliatory bribe; so you'd better bring 3 | 
    Cerberus
 
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    | Metamucil, a product designed to add this to the diet, also helps lower cholesterol | 
    fiber
 
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    | Sink your teeth into this word or its synonym premolar | 
    bicuspid
 
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    2002: Salma Hayek as this Mexican artist | 
    Frida Kahlo
 
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    This Asian country vs. Tamil separatists | 
    (Greg: What is... India?)
  Sri Lanka
 
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    | Philip Roth titled his 1973 work this, synonymous with the U.S. concept of a mythical magnum opus | 
    Great American Novel
 
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    | Originally making honey & candles, this brand now focuses on "Earth friendly, natural personal care" products | 
    Burt's Bees
 
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    | Here we go 'round the mulberry family for this tree, vine & shrub genus | 
    Ficus
 
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    1952: Marlon Brando as this south-of-the-border soldier | 
    Zapata
 
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    This South American country vs. the ELN, AUC & FARC | 
    Colombia
 
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    | In "The Second Coming", Yeats wrote that this "cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world" | 
    the center
 
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    | Good news for allergy sufferers: like Claritin, this rival brand from McNeil is now available over-the-counter | 
    (Kurt: What is Allegra?)
  Zyrtec
 
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    | On Jan. 28, 2008 Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th head of this cabinet department | 
    (Emily: What is Justice?)
  Agriculture
 
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    1994: Jennifer Jason Leigh as this Round Table wit | 
    (Dorothy) Parker
 
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    This country vs. Lashkar-e-Taiba & other Kashmiri separatists | 
    (Greg: What is Pakistan?)
  India
 
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    | Adam Smith wrote of one of these hard-to-see body parts when describing laissez-faire | 
    an invisible hand
 
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    | This compound used in combination with chondroitin may ease arthritis pain & stimulate new cartilage growth | 
    (Greg: What is chitin?)
  glucosamine
 
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    | From the Latin for "visible", it means obvious & easily seen | 
    conspicuous
 
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