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    | As a youngster, Claude Monet did these exaggerated portraits popular with today's street artists | caricatures 
 
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    | Special delivery for the Lakers, who signed this forward, "The Mailman", in 2003 | Karl Malone 
 
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    | The yellow flowers of this lawn herb can be used to make wine & its greens can be used to make salads | the dandelion 
 
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    | This "great" owl of North America has tufts of feathers called "ears" | great horned owl 
 
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    | Although most Indonesians are Muslims, this is the predominant religion on Bali | Hinduism 
 
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    | One of his 7 voyages took him to Serendib | Sinbad 
 
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    | "The Portrait of a Lady on a Balcony" done around 1504-14 & hanging in the Louvre is better known as this | the "Mona Lisa" 
 
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    | This female soccer star earned the nickname "Jordan" after a certain basketball player | Mia Hamm 
 
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    | Use this company's "Turf Builder" on your lawn & it'll stay green all summer long | Scott's 
 
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    | The largest of songbirds, this large crow belongs to the genus Corvus | the Raven 
 
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    | This African country consists of 2 main islands with 95% of the population living on Sao Tome | (David: What are the Timors?) (John: What is Madagascar?)
 
 Sao Tome and Principe
 
 
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    | Now meaning evil or menacing, this adjective is from the Latin for "left" | sinister 
 
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    | The Van Eyck bros. weren't the 1st to use these paints, though sometimes credited with it; they date back much earlier | oils 
 
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    | (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island)  His "Days of Grace" include July 5, 1975 when he became the first African-American male to win the Wimbledon singles title | Arthur Ashe 
 
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    | Perhaps to save the cost of cutting the White House lawn during World War I, these animals were grazed there | sheep 
 
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    | The Gila woodpecker of the American Southwest lives in a cavity of this giant cactus | the Saguaro 
 
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    | Spanish is the official language of this island but a Polynesian language called Rapanui is also spoken | Easter Island 
 
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    | A tough tissue connecting muscle to bone | sinew 
 
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    | Gustave Moreau was well known as a painter of this Biblical dancer | Salome 
 
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    | In 2003 this pitcher returned to the Dodgers announcing games for a Spanish-language radio station | (Fernando) Valenzuela 
 
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    | Grass for your lawn includes St. Augustine, Bahia & a variety named for this British Atlantic island | (David: What is Gibraltar?) 
 Bermuda
 
 
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    | This stork-like wading bird was revered by the ancient Egyptians; the god Thoth was pictured with the head of one | [The end-of-round signal sounds.] 
 the ibis
 
 
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    | France owns 61% of this West Indian island; the Netherlands, 39% | (David: What is Martinique?) (Alex: Spelled differently for each side.)
 
 St. Martin/St. Maarten
 
 
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    | They're the dominant ethnic group in Sri Lanka | (John: What are the Singhalese?) (David: What are the Singhali?)
 (Cynthia: What are the Sinighalese?)
 (Alex: [before clue #23] We have some good news for all three of you as a matter of fact; John, your response of "Singhalese" is acceptable & so we'll give you back the money we took away plus $1600 for a correct response; & Cynthia & David, you responded after that, so we're wiping out your responses & giving you each back what we took away, which was $1600.)
 
 the Sinhalese
 
 
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    | As it's what J.M.W. Turner did best, "Hannibal & His Army Crossing the Alps" is set during one of these | a snowstorm 
 
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    | She became a household name by playing a PGA Tour event -- the Bank of America Colonial; she missed the cut | Annika Sorenstam 
 
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    | If the soil in your lawn is acidic, add lime; if it's too alkaline, add this yellow element | sulphur 
 
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    | Jamaica is a leading source of this ore from which aluminum is extracted | (Alex: With less than a minute to go.) 
 bauxite
 
 
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    | Culiacan is the capital city of this Mexican state | Sinaloa 
 
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