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    | I have an owie, & I hear this adhesive brand "Heals the wound fast, heals the hurt faster" | Band-Aid 
 
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    | He spent a lot more time in Kansas than he would have otherwise to prepare "In Cold Blood" | Truman Capote 
 
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    | This country singer from Wyomissing sang the national anthem at a 76ers game at 11 & had her 1st single, "Tim McGraw", at age 16 | (Elliot: Who is Shania Twain?) (Mike: Who is Trisha Yearwood?)
 
 Taylor Swift
 
 
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    | The Rolling Stones: "(But I Like It)"
 | (Elliot: What is "I Don't Love It"?) (Vaughan: What is "I Know [*]?")
 (Alex: Yeah.  We'll accept that.)
 
 "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll"
 
 
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    | I'm King Minos--welcome to my palace on this Greek island; haven't picked up much in the last 3,500 years | Crete 
 
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    | Oral-B's Complete Deep Clean Ultra this hits those hard-to-reach spots | (Mike: What is a toothbrush?) 
 dental floss
 
 
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    | At last count there were 16 books in this apocalyptic series that began with "A Novel of the Earth's Last Days" | Left Behind 
 
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    | This general from Uniontown won the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan helping European recovery | (George) Marshall 
 
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    | Blue Oyster Cult: "(Don't Fear)"
 | "The Reaper" 
 
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    | The temple at Tollan, Mexico was once the religious center of thousands of these "Tol" people | Toltec 
 
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    | Surplus opposite (7)
 | a deficit 
 
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    | This indigestion relief product from Novartis gets an "AA" for effort | Maalox 
 
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    | Nicholas Sparks has set many novels, including "Safe Haven" & "Nights in Rodanthe", in this, his home state | North Carolina 
 
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    | NFL quarterbacks from Pennsylvania include Dan Marino & this man, "Broadway Joe" | Joe Namath 
 
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    | Rihanna: "(In The World)"
 | (Elliot: What is "One Less Lonely Girl"?) 
 "Only Girl"
 
 
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    | A backless sofa (5)
 | a divan 
 
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    | It's the ultra strength pain relieving cream by this brand, not the Browns running back of the same name | Bengay 
 
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    | Tom Wolfe wrote about the fall of Wall Street master of the universe Sherman McCoy in this, his first novel | Bonfire of the Vanities 
 
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    | This author's early novels, including one about Harry Angstrom, were set in his native Pennsylvania | John Updike 
 
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    | Sheena Easton: "(Nine To Five)"
 | "Morning Train" 
 
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    | Add two letters to a Roman title to get the name of this Israeli city of Roman ruins | Caesarea 
 
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    | The usually wealthy widow of a king (7)
 | a dowager 
 
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    | Swabpoules of this 7-letter brand stop bleeding of minor abrasions within 10 to 20 seconds | StipTik 
 
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    | A little birdie told us Donna Tartt won a 2014 Pulitzer prize for this novel that deals with a small, mysterious painting | Goldfinch 
 
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    | This 19th century educator known for his "Readers" began teaching at age 14 with little formal education | (William) McGuffey 
 
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    | Tina Turner: "(Thunderdome)"
 | "We Don't Need Another Hero" 
 
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    | Pueblo Bonito is one of the ruins of the ancestral Pueblo culture also known by this Navajo word | Anasazi 
 
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    | Checkers, in Cheshire (8)
 | [Elliot pronounces it like "drawts"; Alex pronounces it like "drafts" in his confirmation of Elliot's answer.]
 
 draughts
 
 
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