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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?)
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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) | 
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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) | 
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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)" | 
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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) | 
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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 | 
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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.]
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