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    | In 2000, after completing his studies at Eton, this heir headed for the jungles of Central America | 
    Prince William
 
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    | Eritrea & Israel are formally designated as these, sort of like Idaho & Iowa | 
    states
 
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    | 2 types of this disease are insulin-dependent & non-insulin-dependent | 
    diabetes
 
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    | Born in 1981, she's the singer heard here | 
    Britney Spears
 
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    | It's chilled white wine served over ice and mixed with soda | 
    a spritzer
 
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    | The popularity of this Hawaiian dance comes in waves | 
    hula
 
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    | He directed his dad Walter in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" | 
    John Huston
 
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    | Carl XVI Gustaf knows Sweden is formally one of these; with one more letter it's an old Seahawk home | 
    (Alex: The old Seahawk home is the Kingdome, and Sweden, hence, is a [*].)
  kingdom
 
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    | In 1881 this French chemist developed a successful vaccine against anthrax in sheep | 
    Pasteur
 
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    | This Nirvana singer boosted the career of the Raincoats when he declared himself a fan | 
    Kurt Cobain
 
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    | Appropriately (or is it oddly?), Napoleon liqueur is in the cocktail named for this battle | 
    Waterloo
 
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    | Pekoe & oolong are types of this | 
    tea
 
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    | Her son Christopher set his first novel, "A Density of Souls", where else but New Orleans | 
    Anne Rice
 
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    | Switzerland is the Swiss this, like what the original 13 U.S. colonies signed "Articles of" in 1781 | 
    confederation
 
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    | To prevent Reye's syndrome, children with viral infections should not take this common medication | 
    aspirin
 
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    | Shania Twain title that follows "Okay, so you're a rocket scientist" & "Okay, so you're Brad Pitt" | 
    "That Don't Impress Me Much"
 
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    | Chartreuse, Irish whiskey & green creme de menthe are in the cocktail named for this holiday | 
    St. Patrick's Day
 
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    | This piece of paper says you've graduated | 
    a diploma
 
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    | This president's son Charles Francis was the third generation of his family serve as minister to Great Britain | 
    John Quincy Adams
 
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    | Nigeria is a federal republic; Pakistan is this type, more religious-oriented | 
    an Islamic republic
 
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    | Young children are usually given a DPT shot to immunize them against pertussis, tetanus & this disease | 
    diphtheria
 
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    | The rapper seen here, his '90s hits include "Mama Said Knock You Out" | 
    LL Cool J
 
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    | Making a literary pun, this potent potable precedes "Mockingbird" in the name of a mixed drink | 
    Tequila
 
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    | A broadway theater might have a pit for this group | 
    the orchestra
 
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    | His namesake became mayor of Chicago; another son, William, was Commerce Secretary in the '90s | 
    (Alex: And that would be the former mayor of Chicago, [*].)
  Richard Daley
 
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    | As Andorra & Monaco are these, purple reigns | 
    a principality
 
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    | Rubeola is the 10-day measles; this is 3-day measles | 
    rubella
 
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    | This heartthrob singer broke through with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game" | 
    Chris Isaak
 
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    | It's the booze that puts the "blue" into a Blue Hawaii | 
    (Scott: What is blue "curacko"?)
  Blue CuraƧao
 
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    | From the Japanese for a person who perseveres, it's a martial arts expert in espionage & assassinations | 
    ninja
 
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