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    | From the Latin for "nation", this word refers to a non-Jew | a gentile 
 
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    | IMing, 4 short | (Ginny: What is instant messenging...) (Alex: [Interrupting]:Yes)
 (Ginny: ...messenge-ing...)
 (Alex: It's tough to say. I have those problems quite often.)
 
 instant messaging
 
 
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    | Here's a twist, sometimes it's dry: AIR MINT
 | martini 
 
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    | On April 6, 1917 the U.S. declared war on Germany, but war wasn't declared on this dual monarchy until December | Austria-Hungary 
 
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    | Tony La Russa managed this National League Central Division team to the 2006 World Series title | the Cardinals 
 
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    | Duralumin is over 90% this | aluminum 
 
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    | In Luke 2, "The child grew", and" this "of God was upon him" | grace 
 
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    | Medium of classic communications like Robert Benchley's from Venice: "STREETS FULL OF WATER PLEASE ADVISE" | (Alex: I love that Robert Benchley line.  It's terrific.) 
 a telegram
 
 
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    | Beg, "borough" or steal to get one: THAT MANNA
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    | In 1915 the Allies failed by land & by sea to win control of this strait between the Aegean & the Sea of Marmara | the Dardanelles 
 
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    | In the 2008-09 season, this team from the NBA's Central Division went 66-16 | Cavaliers 
 
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    | Auto pioneer Elwood Haynes also invented an alloy he called stellite because it shone like this | a star 
 
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    | "Balm"-y region in present-day Jordan | Gilead 
 
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    | On June 27, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Committee sent these demanding documents to the White House | (Elizabeth: Um, what are--what is habeas corpus?) 
 subpoenas
 
 
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    | Tequila time: TIARA GRAM
 | margarita 
 
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    | Some gift!  Nashville's Rotary Club gave this sergeant & hero a home, but he got saddled with the mortgage | Sergeant York 
 
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    | They're the favorite team of the U.S. president; Harold Baines is his favorite player | (Matt: Who were the Chicago Bulls?) (Alex: Nope. Who are the Chicago...)
 (Matt: Bears?)
 (Alex: Keep going.)
 (Matt: The Chicago Bears?)
 (Alex: No.)
 (Matt: [Laughs] The [*]!)
 (Alex: Yes.  Harold Baines is a baseball player, not a basketball player, not a football player, although he may have played both those sports.  You're tied with Elizabeth now for the lead.)
 
 (Chicago) White Sox
 
 
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    | 6-letter name of a silver-gray alloy popular for tankards | pewter 
 
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    | You've got a lot of this, a symbol of bitterness sometimes paired with wormwood | gall 
 
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    | Under NCAA rules a "letter of" this commits a student-athlete to a school for one year | intent 
 
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    | What a tool: REVS RID CREW
 | screwdriver 
 
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    | As a result of the war, Germany had to give North Schleswig to this nation | (Matt: What's Poland?) 
 Denmark
 
 
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    | At a retirement ceremony, this team gave Reggie Miller thanks, esteem & a $250,000 Bentley | the (Indiana) Pacers 
 
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    | Make your own artwork at London's church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields & its center for these rubbings | brass 
 
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    | The ninth book of the New Testament is Paul's letter to them | (Matt: Who are the Galicians? [Pauses] [*]?) (Alex: [*], yes, that's...)
 (Matt: Who are the [*]?)
 (Alex: ...it.)
 
 the Galatians
 
 
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    | In a "Post No Bills" sign on a wall, bills is short for these, promoting upcoming events | handbills 
 
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    | It's also a glossy mag: PLATONIC MOOS
 | cosmopolitan 
 
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    | In the 1916 battle of this French fortress city, France had more than half a million casualties | Verdun 
 
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    | The last season for the AFC's Central Division was 2001 & this team with Kordell Stewart at QB won it | the Pittsburgh Steelers 
 
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    | Take a hunk of permalloy, wrap a wire around it, send current through the wire & the hunk becomes one of these | an electromagnet 
 
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