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    | An amphoteric compound like aluminum hydroxide can act either as an acid or as this | a base 
 
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    | Buggy's partner: caballo
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    | With its own Parthenon, Nashville, Tennesse is this Greek city "of the South" | Athens 
 
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    | (Jon of the Clue Crew unlocks a lock with the magic word.)  In their combinations, old-time locks of this popular portable type often used letters rather than numbers | (Julie: What is a combination lock?) (Laura: What is a puzzle lock?)
 [Originally ruled incorrect; reversed before Daily Double at clue 26]
 
 a padlock
 
 
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    | "Moby Dick" is subtitled "or, the" this 5-letter word | Whale 
 
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    | French title of the film remade stateside as "The Birdcage" | La Cage Aux Folles 
 
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    | Lye can be 1 of the compounds known by this 4-letter name, though you won't pop open a can of lye when thirsty | a soda 
 
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    | Louisville is this "city", like the race that's run there | (Alex: [*] City, yes.) 
 Derby
 
 
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    | The type of lock now standard on U.S. residences was patented in 1865 by a guy with this Ivy League-sounding name | a Yale lock 
 
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    | The long, long subtitle of "Robinson Crusoe" includes this calamity | a shipwreck 
 
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    | With films like "A Better Tomorrow", John Woo brought attention to the cinema of this place where he grew up | (Laura: What is China?) (Alex: Be more specific.)
 (Laura: What is Taiwan?)
 
 Hong Kong
 
 
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    | A substance, like a plastic, made of macromolecules; the American Chemical Society has a division of this "chemistry" | polymer 
 
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    | Langosta (with butter, yum!)
 | lobster 
 
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    | This Egyptian city earned the nickname "Mother of Books" from the library that was there in ancient times | Alexandria 
 
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    | (Kelly of the Clue Crew picks a pick.)  To open a lock without a key, specialists use many different styles of picks; because of its shape, this one is known either has a rake or by this reptilian name | a snake 
 
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    | "The Audacity of Hope" offers "Thoughts of Reclaiming the American" this | Dream 
 
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    | A film about Che Guevara's youthful travels is called these "Diaries", the vehicle he used | Motorcycle Diaries 
 
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    | By definition, a carbide is a compound of carbon & this type of substance | (Alex: Carbon and [*].) 
 metal
 
 
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    | An arctic dweller: oso blanco
 | a polar bear 
 
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    | Portland, Oregon is "The City of" these flowers | Roses 
 
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    | For good home security, get a lock with this fatal-sounding latching system; they're tough & hard to jimmy | a deadlock (also deadbolt or deadlatch) 
 
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    | "Frankenstein" is subtitled "or the Modern" this mythical man | Prometheus 
 
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    | This Italian director's 1954 film "La Strada" won the Foreign Language Film Oscar | Fellini 
 
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    | Thiols, emitted by skunks & chopped onions, resemble alcohols but with an atom of this element in place of an oxygen atom | sulfur 
 
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    | A provider of meat: venado
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    | Due to its sprawling area, the city of Lima is also called El Pulpo, or this sea creature | an octopus 
 
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    | In 1740 good girls read "Pamela: or," this "Rewarded" | Virtue 
 
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    | "Katyn", from this country, is the story of the killing of its army officers by Soviet soldiers in 1940 | (Gail: What is Finland?) 
 Poland
 
 
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